auxiliary battery CHEVROLET TAHOE 2012 3.G Owners Manual

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Special Equipment Options 15-1
Special Equipment
Options
SEO Standard Options
SEO StandardOptions - Police Package
and Special Service
Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-2
Wiring Provisions for 12-Volt Battery Power Supply . . . . . . 15-2
Auxiliary Battery Power Junction Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-8
Equipment Grounding Studs - Rear
Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-10
Radio Suppression Grounding Straps . . . . . . . . . 15-10
SEO Available Options
Dual BatterySystem - SEO 6A6 . . . . . . . . 15-10
Exterior Lamp Emergency Flashing
System - SEO 6J7 . . . . . . . . 15-11
Inactive Rear Door Handles - SEO 6B2 . . . . . . . 15-14
Inactive Rear Door Locks - SEO 6N6 . . . . . . . . . 15-14
Inactive Rear Door Windows - SEO 6N5 . . . . . . 15-14
Spotlamp - SEO 7X6 . . . . . . . 15-14
Spotlamps - SEO 7X7 . . . . . . 15-14 Wiring Provisions for
Emergency Vehicle Roof
Light - SEO TRW . . . . . . . . . 15-15
Wiring Provisions for Horn/ Siren Circuit - SEO 6J4 . . . 15-20
Wiring Provisions for Vehicle Grille Lamps, Flasher, and
Speaker/
Siren - SEO 6J3 . . . . . . . . . . 15-22
Wiring Provisions Front Speakers - SEO WX7 . . . . . 15-24

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15-8 Special Equipment Options
Enlarged View of the Fuse Block
A. Relays and Circuit Breakers
B. Front of the Vehicle
C. Floor of the Vehicle
D. Glove Box
E. Tab
The following information tells how
to access the vehicle's relay and
breaker center for checking and
replacing breakers. The breaker and relay center is
located behind and above the
instrument panel storage
compartment. Remove contents
from the storage tray. Using the tab
at the back of the compartment,
drop the tray down gently toward
the floor. It will hang from the hinge.
The breaker/relay center is located
above the right rear corner of the
storage compartment. The bracket
is attached to the instrument panel
structure with two screws.
Replace a 30 amp circuit breaker
with GM Part No. 12182117 circuit
breaker, or equivalent. Replace a
relay with a GM Part No. 12193604
relay, or equivalent. Replace a
50 amp circuit breaker with a GM
Part No. 15319848 circuit breaker,
or equivalent.
Reinstall the storage tray into the
compartment by lifting it into the
instrument panel.
Auxiliary Battery Power
Junction Blocks
Two auxiliary power junction blocks
are located within the driver side
rear cargo area jack stowage
compartment. Each junction block is
powered directly from the battery
through a 50 amp circuit breaker for
connection to customer‐furnished
equipment. The two circuit breakers
are located in the breaker/relay
panel forward of the instrument
panel glove box. A maximum load of
50 amps (600 watts) can be
connected to each junction block.
The wiring diagram for this circuit is
shown as part of the diagram for
“Wiring Provisions
–12 Volt Battery
Power”.

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Special Equipment Options 15-17
8. Attach the harness assemblyfrom the package to the
accessory. Cover with the
supplied conduit for added
protection. Connect the orange
wire to the accessory hot
terminal and the black wire to
the ground.
9. Complete the connection from the roof harness to the extension
harness. Cover the mated
connector with the supplied
foam. Push the foam covered
connection and excess wire
through the roof panel hole.
10. Reinstall the overhead console access panel/lamp lenses. Restoring Power
The auxiliary lamp switch is located
on the overhead console.
This switch includes wiring
provisions for a dealer or a qualified
service center to install an auxiliary
roof lamp. When the wiring is
connected to an auxiliary roof
mounted lamp, pressing the bottom
of the switch will activate the lamp and illuminate an indicator light at
the bottom of the switch. Pressing
the top of the switch again will turn
off the roof mounted lamp and
indicator.
1. Be sure that the auxiliary lamp
switch is off.
2. Vacate the vehicle and reconnect the battery cable.
3. Turn the auxiliary lamp switch on. The accessory should now
be working. If it is not working,
check the connections.
4. After ensuring that the accessory is working properly,
install the grommet in the hole.
Seal with silicone sealer to
prevent water leakage.
Notice: Overloading the vehicle's
electrical system may damage
your vehicle's accessories. Do
not overload the vehicle's system
by having unnecessary
accessories on at the same time.

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15-24 Special Equipment Options
Wiring Provisions Front
Speakers - SEO WX7
About 165 cm (65 in) of auxiliary
speaker wire is run from the
instrument panel radio connector
and is coiled under the center of the
instrument panel. The wiring permits
the connection of front door
speakers to customer-installed
communication equipment.Radio outputs from the front
speakers are sent to the rear
speakers to maintain the required
open door/key in the ignition
reminder chime
Electrical Connections
1. Disconnect the negative (−)
battery cable at the battery.
2. Remove the tape from the wire coiled under the instrument
panel to uncoil it.
3. Using proper electrical connectors, connect the wires
for the left front audio output of
the customer-installed
communication device. The left
front positive wire is tan and the
left front negative wire is gray.
4. Using proper electrical connectors, connect the wires
for the right front audio output of
the customer-installed
communication device. The right
front positive wire is light green
and the right front negative wire is dark green. The electrical
impedance of each speaker
installed is 10 ohms.
Notice: Overloading the vehicle's
electrical system may damage
your vehicle's accessories. Do
not overload the vehicle's system
by having unnecessary
accessories on at the same time.
5. The ignition must be turned off and the vehicle must be vacated
prior to attaching the cable to the
battery. Connect the negative (−)
battery cable to the battery and
tighten the bolt to 5 N·m
(3.7 lb ft).
6. Set the time on the clock and radio pushbuttons as needed.
See “Introduction” in the
Infotainment section of the
owner manual for more
information.

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INDEX i-1
A
AirbagsDeployment Diagrams . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Questions and AnswersAbout Airbags and
Specialty Law
Enforcement Vehicles . . . . . . . . 3-1
Auxiliary Available Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-8
Auxiliary Battery Power Junction Blocks, Available
Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-8
B
Battery
Dual System - SEO 6Y6 . . . . 15-10
Power Junction Blocks . . . . . . . 15-8
Wiring Provisions for12-Volt Power Supply . . . . . . . 15-2
C
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . . ii
Capacities andSpecifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2
Circuit Wiring Provisions forHorn/Siren - SEO 6J4 . . . . . 15-20
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Customer-installed Equipment, Notices . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
D
Deployment Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Door LocksInactive Rear - SEO 6N6 . . . 15-14
Driver Information Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Driving
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1
Dual Battery System - SEO 6Y6 . . . . . . . . . . 15-10
E
Equipment GroundingStuds - Rear
Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-10
Equipment Grounding Studs, Rear
Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-10
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Exterior Lamp Emergency Flashing
System - SEO 6J7 . . . . . . . . . . 15-11
F
Fast Idle System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Flasher, WiringProvisions - SEO 6J3 . . . . . . . 15-22
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2