Good Afternoon All
As like many others (I guess) I have a dashcam, DAB adapter, SatNav etc in my car and only find that I have one or two USB power outlets via my cigarette lighter. As some of these toys are in the car all the time then it would make sense to connect them to a power source which is semi-permanent (not the adapter in the cigarette lighter). This would also mean I can run cabling much tidier and make a better installation.
My question is 'whats the best way to install this'?
Can I splice into the cigarette lighter power and earth behind the dash or should this run back to a separate fuse? My issues are that I would put myself as a confident amateur, have a reasonable background in IT, can follow a wiring diagram (most of the time) but dont really want to get into the realms of messing with looms or doing serious auto-electrics.
Any help is appreciated.
Cheers
As like many others (I guess) I have a dashcam, DAB adapter, SatNav etc in my car and only find that I have one or two USB power outlets via my cigarette lighter. As some of these toys are in the car all the time then it would make sense to connect them to a power source which is semi-permanent (not the adapter in the cigarette lighter). This would also mean I can run cabling much tidier and make a better installation.
My question is 'whats the best way to install this'?
Can I splice into the cigarette lighter power and earth behind the dash or should this run back to a separate fuse? My issues are that I would put myself as a confident amateur, have a reasonable background in IT, can follow a wiring diagram (most of the time) but dont really want to get into the realms of messing with looms or doing serious auto-electrics.
Any help is appreciated.
Cheers