Electrical questions / (not) deploying airbags

Pseudo Nim · 05-14-2009, 02:20 PM

Hi all,

I am going to be installing a car PC. I need to do the following things:

1 - need to take apart the inside of the car to run a wiring harness from the dashboard to the trunk
2 - hook up a car PC to the battery in the trunk
3 - tap into the ignition wire to detect engine start/stop.

Any recommendations on what/how to do to achieve these? Also, how do I make sure I don't trip any airbags - I don't even know what action would cause them to deploy. Disconnecting the battery, maybe?

-pN

ntpcrew13 · 05-14-2009, 02:28 PM

disconnect the battery if you are scared you might deploy any airbags. do a search on navandtv2go or tvandnav2go for a DIY. you will see some pictures and descriptions on how to run wires inside your car. also look how for the DIY on installing a sub and amp for connecting to the battery in the trunk for power. you should probably tap into the cig lighter or use a fuse tap to trigger your start up of the pc

Pseudo Nim · 05-14-2009, 02:46 PM

Ok, that sounds like a feasible course of action. Will look into that, thx!

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Pseudo Nim twinborific 120 Rep 4,836 Posts Drives: fast, sometimes slow Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: i am a citizen of the world iTrader: (9)	Electrical questions / (not) deploying airbags Hi all, I am going to be installing a car PC. I need to do the following things: 1 - need to take apart the inside of the car to run a wiring harness from the dashboard to the trunk 2 - hook up a car PC to the battery in the trunk 3 - tap into the ignition wire to detect engine start/stop. Any recommendations on what/how to do to achieve these? Also, how do I make sure I don't trip any airbags - I don't even know what action would cause them to deploy. Disconnecting the battery, maybe? -pN __________________ Doko ni itemo, hito wa tsunagatte iru...
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Pseudo Nim twinborific 120 Rep 4,836 Posts Drives: fast, sometimes slow Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: i am a citizen of the world iTrader: (9)	Ok, that sounds like a feasible course of action. Will look into that, thx! __________________ Doko ni itemo, hito wa tsunagatte iru...
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