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Ignition on power source in overhead console?

kastin

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Australia
Giday

The compass and air temp in my overhead console are powerd buy ignition on, buy tapping into this is it possible to run 6 carlington switches which inturn trigger 6 relays (i havent pulled it apart yet dont know what awg the wire is) but the switches will all have LEDs (fairly low current i assume ) and the relays will all need 200ma(ish) each so i assume if everything is running will the source wire be enough? or will i need to run another wire up from the dash?


Cheers
 
It's usually better to make new circuits, than to add to existing ones.
 
i understand it's best practice to run a new wire, though if i can use the existing ones and it has no side effects then it's win win,

has anybody else drawn power from the overhead console?
 
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