The Wiring, Continued : Rolling your own Car PC

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The Wiring, Continued

05:03 - Thursday 22 June 2006 by Max Wilson
Source: Tom's Hardware – Keywords: rolling, your, own, car, pc, uk

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The Wiring, Continued

To get power without splicing any wires, we used a fuse, adding 10A to the CarPC for the +12V power and a fuse tap for the ignition power (Figures 11 and 12).

Figure 11: Power taps installed

Figure 12: Close up of the add-a-fuse

The ground was bolted to a factory grounding point under the steering column (Figure 13).

Figure 13: Using a factory grounding spot to connect the ground

7 – The Wiring, Continued
1. 1 – Introduction
2. 2 – Our Third And Current CarPC
3. 3 – The Case
4. 4 – The Case, Continued
5. 5 – The Screen
6. 6 – The Wiring
7. 7 – The Wiring, Continued
8. 8 – The Audio
9. 9 – The Audio, Continued
10. 10 – Hooking Up To XM
11. 11 – CarPC Front Ends
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