engine saver installation

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Originally Posted by shamirj

And what about the wiring for this. I have connected straight to the battery so is on all the time along with my direct connection for the volt meter (digital). how do i now turn this into only coming on when ignition is on. I know i need to find a live wire somewhere behind the dash (suggestions) thats active when ignition is turned on, but i have direct wires coming from the battery for the volt gauge that i am using. do i cut into the ignition wire only and disregard the battery wires completely but this will not read the volts? wiring the engine saver should be easier but what about my volt meter. pls help ;)

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I hooked mine up to one of the ignition only fuses in the under dash fuse box.

For your volt meter you could use the same ignition source for the volt meter, it'll oly work with ignition then.

thanks Alien d2, pulled the stereo out again and pinched a wire which only activated with radio when ignition on, so working sweetly. not permanent yet but need to tidy up the wires so more. temp reads 75degrees celcius which is a bit hot i would have thought. thinking to set the engine saver to 80 degrees before the alarm sets off. cheers ;)

75 seems Ok - my V8 sits on 72. The instructions say to set about 10-15 higher than warmed up engine temp. I would agree as on a warm day after a drive sitting in traffic mine can go to 80 - water temp stays on 80 through all the time.

Garry