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Old Oct 29, 2012 | 05:50 PM
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Question Which Fuse

I am wiring a fake alarm light on my 05 Ram and need to find a fuse that has power when the car is not running but has no power once I turn on the truck. I cant find one. Anyone know which fuse I need to use?
 
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Old Oct 29, 2012 | 10:42 PM
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Hi, you may want to use a external relay to feed your light from a continuos source, then it will be disconected when the relay coil is energized from the accesories fuse, which will be on with the ignition. Make sense?
 
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Old Nov 3, 2012 | 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by jose1036
Hi, you may want to use a external relay to feed your light from a continuos source, then it will be disconected when the relay coil is energized from the accesories fuse, which will be on with the ignition. Make sense?
So I wire the light to a continuous fuse then wire n a relay between fuse and the light?
 
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Old Apr 7, 2013 | 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by jose1036
Hi, you may want to use a external relay to feed your light from a continuos source, then it will be disconected when the relay coil is energized from the accesories fuse, which will be on with the ignition. Make sense?

What type of relay should I use?
 
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Old Apr 7, 2013 | 11:38 AM
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You'll want to use a switched power lead and a relay which is closed when un-powered. That leg of the relay will be connected to a constant-hot. There is a switched power lead under the steering wheel (lime green/black stripe). There may be a constant-hot in that same bundle, I forget.
 
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