Need help hard wiring radar detector

**gettin sideways** · 08-24-2006, 12:49 PM

Im working on hard wiring my radar detector into my car and my original plan was just to use the hot/ground that came into my rearview mirror for the reading/map lights.

Im still learning electrical, so bare with me please. Oh and just so you know, I have a 1993 v6 camaro, so some of the wiring maybe be different, I dont know.

There are 3 wires coming into the rear view. A black-hot, red-neutral, and white-ground correct?

So technically all I should need to do is splice the black and white wires and run them into my radar...?

Somebody also suggested just running a wire from my fuse box, but to be honest I dont really know how.

Anybody have any suggestions? Thanks.

**98Z-28Camaro** · 08-24-2006, 05:47 PM

This car is dc volts. The colors that you desribe make me think you are thinking that they are ac volts. If I would guess, I would say that the red is the hot, black is the ground and the white is the switch leg. That is just my guess

**98Z-28Camaro** · 08-24-2006, 05:58 PM

Ok, I looked in my repair manual at it says that the black is ground, the white is a switch leg going to the door jam switch, dimmer switch. I show an orange for the main power coming in. So I would say in your case that the red is the hot, the black is the ground, the white don't worry about. If you have a chiltons manual it is page 6-71. Hope it helps.

**gettin sideways** · 08-24-2006, 09:43 PM

yea thanks a lot man, i actualy had my friend come over and help me in the end

i just ran the wire through the headliner down by the fuse box

thanks for the help thou