ACC and BATT

Postby GibDTD » 28 Apr 2012 4:51

I recently purchased an after market tach from Classic Industries and installed it in the dash but haven't gotten to wiring it in yet. According to the instructions I have to ground one wire, connect another to the negative coil post, and the third wire goes to a 12V key on power source. I am not at all an electrician, so I turn to more knowledgeable people. For the 12V key on power source could I use the ACC or BATT locations on the fuse block or should they already be taken by something else like a the lights package?

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Re: ACC and BATT

Postby Adrian Worman » 28 Apr 2012 9:01

Where are you going to locate it?
If its in the dash then I'd jump the ign feed off another connection going to the instrument cluster, the supply to the voltage reg for example.
If not and it's going on the column or on top of the dash then just run it from the fuse box :idea:
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Re: ACC and BATT

Postby dave-r » 28 Apr 2012 10:33

Acc is the switched source you need. But as Adrian says you could piggy-back up to anything else that is powered up when you switch the ignition on.
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Re: ACC and BATT

Postby GibDTD » 28 Apr 2012 19:52

Thank you Adrian and Dave, that's exactly the information I was looking for.
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