boneart
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A lot of people have complained about the lack of a front dash lighter/power socket on the VEs that don't have the smokers pack installed.
Personally I just added a $10 socket in the front and wired it to the plug for the smokers pack which is tucked away under the radio head unit behind the left side drivers kick panel. It only has power on this circuit when the ignition is on so no battery drain etc. I use a small Belkin mini charger but you still have a wire running up the dash to your accessory GPS, radar etc.
For those that want a more permanent and hidden solution you can obviously hard wire either to the smokers pack plug or one of the accessory looms behind the glove box if you know what you are doing and/or want a continuos power feed.
Recently however I found a neat little plug that allows you to add another circuit at the fuse box in a couple of seconds.
It is called Littelfuse Add-A-Circuit and basically you replace a blade fuse with this fuse adaptor which then has two fuse terminals on top, one for the original circuit fuse and another separate fuse dedicated for the new feed circuit that comes off it.
This way you can very simply pick an existing circuit (up to 10 amps) based on whatever you need eg. power on full time, only while lights on, only while ignition on etc.
You can find the right circuit to tap into by looking at the fuse box diagram which is much easier than trying to trace wires and certainly easier and safer than splicing into wires under the dash.
Yes I know that with computer circuit load balancing etc you still have to be careful about which circuit you tap into but for a quick easy solution that is also easily removed later if needed I don't think its too bad.
You can get them all over the net but one place I found that explains them well is Littelfuse Add-A-Circuit Fuseholder for ATO/ATC Fuses | Parts-Express.com
The manufacturer site
http://www.littelfuse.com/data/en/Data_Sheets/FHM02FHA02.pdf
Personally I just added a $10 socket in the front and wired it to the plug for the smokers pack which is tucked away under the radio head unit behind the left side drivers kick panel. It only has power on this circuit when the ignition is on so no battery drain etc. I use a small Belkin mini charger but you still have a wire running up the dash to your accessory GPS, radar etc.
For those that want a more permanent and hidden solution you can obviously hard wire either to the smokers pack plug or one of the accessory looms behind the glove box if you know what you are doing and/or want a continuos power feed.
Recently however I found a neat little plug that allows you to add another circuit at the fuse box in a couple of seconds.
It is called Littelfuse Add-A-Circuit and basically you replace a blade fuse with this fuse adaptor which then has two fuse terminals on top, one for the original circuit fuse and another separate fuse dedicated for the new feed circuit that comes off it.
This way you can very simply pick an existing circuit (up to 10 amps) based on whatever you need eg. power on full time, only while lights on, only while ignition on etc.
You can find the right circuit to tap into by looking at the fuse box diagram which is much easier than trying to trace wires and certainly easier and safer than splicing into wires under the dash.
Yes I know that with computer circuit load balancing etc you still have to be careful about which circuit you tap into but for a quick easy solution that is also easily removed later if needed I don't think its too bad.
You can get them all over the net but one place I found that explains them well is Littelfuse Add-A-Circuit Fuseholder for ATO/ATC Fuses | Parts-Express.com
The manufacturer site
http://www.littelfuse.com/data/en/Data_Sheets/FHM02FHA02.pdf