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Old 07-20-2020, 09:32 PM
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Does anyone know what the wire colors are for the overhead console? I am wanting to hard wire the power for a dash cam and hoping 2 of those are power and ground. 2006 mega cab
 
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I don't have the pinouts handy at the moment, but just get a meter and start testing the wires. I'll see if I can find something from my 05 manual.
I've tapped into these wires before, there should be a +12V and G


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errrrr..... those colours don't match.....well BK/WT does, so that's ground.
 
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Yeah, those don't match what I have. The black/white is ground and the gray/red is +12v but I can't determine what the other 2 are. Key on or off doesn't seem to change the voltage any.
 
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the colours may be different but the pins should still be the same.
 
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The outer two are ground and constant 12v.the inner two and twisted together and both read about 4v.

Anyways, I just ended up running a switched power line all the way to the fuse box instead.
 


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