I'm wiring up my TQ lock up to work off a manual switch, only thing holding me back right now is where to pull the power from.. I have it all wired to hold upto 10 amps, also have a fuse as the first thing inline, so no worries there. Only thing I don't really want to do is put another wire on the battery, so where can I pull it from?

 

come on guys.. i really need some help here.. i'm going up to tampa this weekend and need the TQ lock up working..

 

Normally it's power is pulled from the 'gages' fuse (ignition switched source).

 

crap, blew the 10 amp fuse i put in... how much power can that lock up valve use? i ran 14 gage wire for the whole system, the switches i used can hold up to way more then any car would ever see.. only thing i'm woundering now is, is that lock up valve made to take 12v power thu it? and how meany amps would it draw?

 

I don't know if this will help out any, but hopefully it will. When I ran a hot wire to my fan, I just pushed the connector into the slot in the fuse box labeled Battery. It's worked for about 2 weeks without a problem. Hopefully this will help.

 

there should be spare slots on your fuse panel that can power the line. look for an empty slot that says "IGN" or "ACC" and plug your line in to that, you shouldn't have a problem.

 

To answer your other question, about 350-500mA. If it blows a 10A fuse, you have a wiring or device problem.