Thanks for the replies. I was trying to avoid having to use the feed into the dimmer, purely on the grounds that the "dimmed" wire is available at the stereo harness connector, but if the dimmer is a PWM signal that obviously complicates things. I'll just have to run a cable to the back of the dimmer switch.
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