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Which wire is positive?

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The cigerette lighter connector has two wires, one black, one orange/yellow.. I don't want to assume but I think the orange and yellow is positive.. Any ideas?

The reason is I am piggybacking another fuse so that the lighter port doesn't stay on after engine is off..

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    Lighter port can be set to turn off after between zero seconds to infinity using forscan the setting you want is "battery saver" I've set mine to 10 minutes 

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    2 minutes ago, cjay1 said:

    Lighter port can be set to turn off after between zero seconds to infinity using forscan the setting you want is "battery saver" I've set mine to 10 minutes 

    My car is 2003, it can still be set that way? 

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    Not sure on that age of car. For cars not controlled that way the lighter port is usually ignition controlled to prevent flat batteries when something is left plugged in.

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    Best bet is to check it with a multimeter.  

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    1 hour ago, TomsFocus said:

    Best bet is to check it with a multimeter.  

    Yes, I didn't realise I owned a multimeter but its all good now.

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