Switched 12v under the hood

bjohnston115

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I am looking for a 12v source under the hood that is only on when the truck is on. Only need about 500ma draw to run a relay which will control my aux fuse panel. Anyone have something they have used? figured i would ask before i start searching.

Thanks.
 
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i used a 7.5A fuse in the fusebox under the hood. I used a continuity tester to find which fuse would have power when the ignition was on and then used an add-a-circuit.

I am looking for a 12v source under the hood that is only on when the truck is on. Only need about 500ma draw to run a relay which will control my aux fuse panel. Anyone have something they have used? figured i would ask before i start searching.

Thanks.
 
i used a 7.5A fuse in the fusebox under the hood. I used a continuity tester to find which fuse would have power when the ignition was on and then used an add-a-circuit.

Which fuse was that?
There are no circuits under the hood that are ignition switched at the fuse box. Everyone is hot all the time.

I gotta know. :)
 
there are 1 or 2 fuses that are ignition switched.
i am using the one marked EFI NO.2 (7.5A) and i beleive that the 10A marked INJ is also ignition switched.

Which fuse was that?
There are no circuits under the hood that are ignition switched at the fuse box. Everyone is hot all the time.

I gotta know. :)
 

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there are 1 or 2 fuses that are ignition switched.
i am using the one marked EFI NO.2 (7.5A) and i beleive that the 10A marked INJ is also ignition switched.

Hmmmm. I gotta check mine again because when I checked they were all hot. Maybe I missed some...
 
Well, i can't comment on your T4R, but on mine at least this fuse is for sure ignition switched. I use it to power my Isolator because i only want it on when the car is running.

Hmmmm. I gotta check mine again because when I checked they were all hot. Maybe I missed some...
 
I am looking for a 12v source under the hood that is only on when the truck is on. Only need about 500ma draw to run a relay which will control my aux fuse panel. Anyone have something they have used? figured i would ask before i start searching.

Thanks.

Hi bjohnston,

instead of fishing for a intermittent power source under the hood, why not pull a small gauge line (14 gauge) from the driverside interior of the vehicle to the engine room. Tie the interior end to the courtesy circuit (cigarette lighter, center console) and the other to trigger your relay coil... you could even add a Toyota style dash switch to kill that entire sub-panel accessory if you needed to. Pulling a wire is pretty easy cuz the main electrical cables already go through that rubber grommet where the steering wheel goes through. My 0.000001.5 cents :nerd:
 
EFI as in Electronic Fuel Injection? I think you are asking for trouble if you tap into this circuit.

i did see somewhere this week that someone did the fog light mod and used the efi and it would not start after so yea your right about staying away from that
 
Thanks for all the input. Ideally I would like to find a circuit under the hood that is for an ancillary system so the possibly of messing anything important up and s not there. If I cannot find that then I will either run something from the interior fuse box or use a voltage sensing relay which will only connect when the engine is running. Just wanted to try to go the more cost effective route.
 
You could very well use the efi fuse, but I would only use a low current draw relay, such as a reed relay, to trigger a standard relay.

Of course, this just adds more work, and it would be so much easier to run a wire from under the steering wheel area through the firewall and into the engine bay area. There are several rubber grommets to go through, use a wire coat hangar and push through from engine bay into floorboard area, tape your wire onto hangar, pull back, job done! Shouldn't take more than the amount of time I took to type this out!

And to make it even easier for you, as long as its there on your year, my '11 SR5 has a nice little grommet just to the right of the brake reservoir, its not even being used! Pop it out, stick hangar in there carefully and push in at a downward angle till you see it come out on the floorboard area.

As for wiring, look at [MENTION=65614]Antman[/MENTION] 's thread on the foglight mod, there's a few diagrams with color codes to tap directly into the wiring, or you can do an add-a-circuit at the fuseblock too.
 
Hmmmm. I gotta check mine again because when I checked they were all hot. Maybe I missed some...

Antman, did you ever check up on this? I am also planning on tapping into one of these. Seems INJ works but I need a second set of eyes to double check. I don't trust myself sometimes.

I am hooked up to a relay for a SPOD style of switch that I would like to only activate when the vehicle is on. The power is still coming from the battery. Going to this fuse allows me to not go into the driver footwell and have the internal fuse box without a cover.

Thanks! Sorry to resurrect and old thread!
 
Talk about coincidences! I just started a thread trying to find out the same details..
INJ port didnt seem to work for me even after switching ignition ON. Do you know what this is hooked to?


Antman, did you ever check up on this? I am also planning on tapping into one of these. Seems INJ works but I need a second set of eyes to double check. I don't trust myself sometimes.

I am hooked up to a relay for a SPOD style of switch that I would like to only activate when the vehicle is on. The power is still coming from the battery. Going to this fuse allows me to not go into the driver footwell and have the internal fuse box without a cover.

Thanks! Sorry to resurrect and old thread!
 

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