Thread: Need to find 12v (ACC) for 2010 Ford Escape

This was a pain on my latest project. I put an older pioneer touchscreen in my girlfriends 2008 escape. There is no longer a switched +12v going to the stock radio. There is a fuse box on the passenger side by your feet that has wires going in and out. The wire I ended up using was yellow I believe and went up out of one of the wiring harness. Sorry I don't have any pics, I didn't have my camera when I installed it.

Originally Posted by bakin113

This was a pain on my latest project. I put an older pioneer touchscreen in my girlfriends 2008 escape. There is no longer a switched +12v going to the stock radio. There is a fuse box on the passenger side by your feet that has wires going in and out. The wire I ended up using was yellow I believe and went up out of one of the wiring harness. Sorry I don't have any pics, I didn't have my camera when I installed it.

Thanks for the quick tip. So, then how did you "patch" into that wire? Did you solder, splice it or something else? I don't want to hack up the factory parts, but I also want to make sure the wire is safe and secure.

the easiest way is to use a "add-a-fuse"

Originally Posted by soundman98

the easiest way is to use a "add-a-fuse"

Never heard of it before, so do I connect my wire to the "add-a-fuse" and then plug it into the fuse box where the fuse would be for a 12v switched line? Will that make the line turn on and off with the ACC?

No i used a wire tap to the wire and used a little electrical tape to be safe... that area is tight though.



It will send the same voltage through that wire. Check where the wire goes in to each of those harnesses and check which give you 12 volts when the key is in the ACC and check it again when the key is off.

for fuses i use the same scotch-lok technology they work great



SNO

Originally Posted by bakin113

No i used a wire tap to the wire and used a little electrical tape to be safe... that area is tight though.



It will send the same voltage through that wire. Check where the wire goes in to each of those harnesses and check which give you 12 volts when the key is in the ACC and check it again when the key is off.

Originally Posted by SNOtwistR

for fuses i use the same scotch-lok technology they work great



SNO

i have had long term reliability issues with IDC(insulation displacement connector)'s like these before, and would not recommend them for anything more then temporary wiring-- these can also affect the original wires corrosion resistance due to their design, which can also cause issues down the road...

Originally Posted by JasonMK

Never heard of it before, so do I connect my wire to the "add-a-fuse" and then plug it into the fuse box where the fuse would be for a 12v switched line? Will that make the line turn on and off with the ACC?

exactly-- just probe your fuse fusebox for a fuse that gets switched power, and then "add-a-fuse"! then the wire coming off of it could be used as the acc line for whatever devices you need it for.

if you have probs with corrosion you are using the connectors for something they were not designed for. 3m makes water-tight scotch-loks for exterior use but never these type for sure even with super 33+. for interior use they are perfectly fine and have been around for 20-30 odd years and a little dab of no-ox if worried about metal differences

being that they do cut some strands, i have also had issues with wires falling apart because of the connectors...

overall, i just think that there are much better ways of connecting wires that don't affect the strength, or other parts of the wire..