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hi, i am in the process of installing a keyless entry unit and 4 actuators in a friend's Civic VP 4 door. Ive looked through posts for 2 hrs. looking for where to find 12 volt constant power in the 7th gen fuse box. I know there are connections like this in the 5th gen, because this is how i wired mine. This would be the easiest and less time-consuming way to get to it. I dont want to go near the battery, and the cig. lighter, wiring that to constant. Pics of where it is would be good. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

 
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pull it out of the head unit harness... I can't remember if constant is red or yellow.

 
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Or, you can probe around with a multimeter for a line with power when the car's off.

 
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or run a wire to the batt. and fuse it.

 
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dont want to mess with the radio 12v, dont know much about how the new stock radios work, and dont want to go spend money on a multi-meter, because this is not for my car. Might just have to do the latter tho.

 
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if i run it to the battery, will i need the car's radio code or something to make the radio work again? dont know if i wanna spend time fishing wire thru the firewall to the bay, and then securing the wire to something. plus the 12 volt wire from the keyless unit is fused already.

 
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k, well to tap off the cig lighter, the whole center thing that the cig lighter is mounted on pulls right out, then you'll see 2 wires connected to the cig lighter, the wire on the inner part is the +12v, hold please while i find pics.

 
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i know that, but is it constant when the car is off?

 
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O god damn it! uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, hmmm i must ponder this one for a min......head unit is the only one i can think of, or run a wire to the battery, you wont need a new code for the radio either, to get the radio out, you have to take that cig lighter thing off like i said, then there are 2 10 mm bolts holding in the entire console with the a/c controls and all, and splice into the yellow wire, it's constant

 
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but i thought it wasnt good to splice accessories into your radio's 12 volt constant?

 
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well not really, cuz it wont always be running power off it, only when you use it right?

 
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i really dont want to do more work than i should, i.e. taking out radio head unit in a car i am unfamiliar with, sadly i am getting paid for this and hooking up the wires should be the easiest thing i have to do.

 
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for the keyless entry you need constant 12 volts, how are you going to lock/unlock the car from outside?

 
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do what?

 
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i am putting power locks with keyless entry in a car without them (civic vp). the kit requires 12 volts constant power.

 
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sorry, i mean 12 volts when the car is shut off....

 
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well the constant to the head unit does have always have power, i myself have put power lock on my car to, you can still unlock\lock the car from the outside with the key, personally, i am all sound, i would rather run a direct line the battery, it'd be pretty quick to do also, straighten out a coat hanger, tape one of the ends to a wire, then on the passenger side there is a rubber bezel with a whole bunch of wire going through it, just poke the hanger through and pull, fuse the wire near the battery. and boom, you have a constant!

 
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white wire in the ignition harness, its a huge wire, cant miss it

 
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Try fuse slot #3 at the under-dash fuse box.

 
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what he said

cig lighter is NOT constant power if it hasn't already been mentioned

don't tap off any other wires, use the ignition switch.