Ground for Varad

[Biohazard 10+ year member]

I am setting up a varad scanner and i don't nkow what to ground it too?

It says ground it to something that is only grounded when the power is off? where is that? or can i power it only when the power is turned off?! Make sense?

Anyone ever set this up before?? PLEASE HELP!

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[ayoung 10+ year member]

any metal in the car hooked to the frame

 

[Biohazard 10+ year member]

no. because then it will be grounded all the time....

 

[ayoung 10+ year member]

yes it will, think about ... ill draw a pic

It will always be grounded, now will it always be on? That depends if the switch is on or off

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o wait sorry, i read ? wrong

 

[ayoung 10+ year member]

Do you have an amp?

If so what do you have your remote wired to?

 

[Biohazard 10+ year member]

i think you have me mind backwards, think about it....if it is always grounded then it is always on, i am not going to add a switch for that..i already have 6 running throughout my car!

my remote wire comes from my deck, which is on, when the car is on, i need it on when the car is off.

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

Is it one of those blue scanners? Does it have the three wires, black, red, and yellow? Because what i did was hooked the black to the body, red to a constant power supply, and wired the yellow into the fuse box into a fuse that is hot with the car on, and cold when the car is off(meaning when the car is off so is the fuse).

 

[Biohazard 10+ year member]

Originally posted by tommyk90 Is it one of those blue scanners? Does it have the three wires, black, red, and yellow? Because what i did was hooked the black to the body, red to a constant power supply, and wired the yellow into the fuse box into a fuse that is hot with the car on, and cold when the car is off(meaning when the car is off so is the fuse).

ok i think i know what u mean, sounds like a good idea......i will try it!

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by Biohazard ok i think i know what u mean, sounds like a good idea......i will try it!

Yeah, it works. Cause how those scanners work is that when it detects power from the yellow wire it shuts the scanner off because it thinks the car is on. So just test a fuse with on to see if it is hot, then turn it off to see if it is cold. Then wire in the yellow wire with the fuse. What i did was wrap the end of the wire on the blade of the fuse, and then put the fuse back in.