Painless Dual Battery Install Question

[BIIHawg]

I am in the midst of installing the Painless dual batery kit in my 89 Bronco II and have a question. I need to tie the system into a wire on the truck that is HOT in the RUN and START positions. Does anyone know what wire i can tie into and its location??? I'm hoping to save time by asking the experts on here as oppose to searching around on the truck.

Thanks in advance

 

[RangerSVT]

Does it also need to be hot when key is off?

SVT

 

[BIIHawg]

No. It needs to be hot in the run/start position. It CAN NOT be hot in the off or accessory position.

 

[RangerSVT]

You will need to tap into one of the ignition switch wires. I don't remember which one it is, I'd have to look it up in my program, but I think its grey/yellow...

SVT

 

[BIIHawg]

Where would this wire be located?

 

[Mark_88]

Under the hood on the driver side should be a 10 wire clip...one of those wires is Red/blue stripe...at least on a Ranger of similar vintage...it is a 16 gauge wire...there is also a 14 gauge wire that connects about the same place...it should be black/pink...and it runs into a plastic connector on it's way to the battery...part of the headlight harness wires or in the same area...

 

[BIIHawg]

So either of those wires will be HOT only in the run/start position?

 

[BIIHawg]

Thanks for all the help folks. I ended up tying into the blower motor wiring since it was nearest to where I had my wires run. So if anyone has this problem in the future.... the orange/brown wire going into the blower motor has power only in the start/run position.

Cheers