CONVERTING MY CAR'S POWER OUTLET TO TURN ON WITH KEY
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ต.ค. 2024
- The Daily Shed #802 - My Ford Focus power outlets are always on. This works fine for a phone charger, but when you want to add something with more features like an MP3 player or hands-free kit, these things can quickly drain the battery. I show you how to use a fuse tap to convert your always-on outlet to only power on when the key is on.
Things I used in this video:
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Spade Terminal: amzn.to/2VDcHXe
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Great video sir! The most straight forward video I’ve seen. My 00 sierra has same feature both auxiliary and cigarette sockets always hot. Possible to link both on same tap in fuse link?
They might be on the same circuit, in which case yes, that would be possible. Otherwise you'd need one for each.
I'm trying to do the same thing on my 05 Suburban. This seems to be the best way I've seen so far. Thanks!... Cool shirt
Thanks for watching!
What did you add to the end of the fuse splitter to plug it in directly to where the cigarette adapter circuit goes? I know you show it in the video but it isn't clear to me what you did.
It's a female spade connector and some heat shrink to electrically isolate it. Something like this amzn.to/467rSJo but I'm not positive that's the right size. You can find assortments of them in cheap kits.
Brilliant video mate. This is the only video I found to do the wire tap for key off turn off.
Glad it helped!
@@CheveeDodd Just found out that I need a male spade terminal to supply power to my cigerette fuse that I removed. How do I know which fuse port hole (in cig . fuse) the spade terminal should go into? Should i feed it into the fuse insert which reads 12v on the multimeter?
Yes, you want to go on the power side
Thanks for the video. I'm a fellow WV too, from Princeton. Keep up the good work.
Cool. I haven't visted Princeton in... man. It's been years. Not a lot of reasons to go that far south.
Thx very useful! Now my transmitter will turn off with key and I don't have to rip it off every night 😆
Oh 97 BMW E38.
Great video, i had been searching for this past 2 days :). Just one question, is there a way i can cover the hot wire. Dont want it left open and cause a short circuit someday. Some kind of summy female fuse?
You could wrap another female spade connector in shrink tubing and put it over the open spade.
Impressive car mod! I'm just glad I can change the bulbs myself :) . Although I will have to do some "modding" of my brake lights soon. Evidently I messed up when swapping them & didn't lock it in place, so the bulb was resting against the opening & deformed the plastic so that I had to break the bulb to pull it out - and of course I can't put another in b/c it won't fit. I'm thinking dremel, but maybe I should consider a heat gun to re-form somehow? Any ideas?
Well, without seeing it, I'd say that either of your ideas would work. If the bulb melted it, it's a thermo-form plastic and you could use a soldering iron or wood burner.
@@CheveeDodd Ok, cool - I'll start with heat & see how that goes before removing material. Will report back when I've had time to play w/ it
i got around this by buying extra outlet spaces that have on and off switches so i can leave it plugged in but switch it on and off with buttons on the side. i would have loved it this way but I was to scared of the risk.
Can you tell me the name of the outlets,? Also after 9 months how do they hold up?
This was the exact video i was looking for as i just got a 2012 ford focus so I'm very glad you happen to also be doing this with a focus in the video :) quick question i would ask is what function is being risked that you selected and what do you mean by that? are you no longer able to use the other fuses particular task in the car anymore or does it just risk getting blown out along with the power outlet?
I went with the starter. In theory, these jumpers insert a new, separate circuit, in the system... but, this little $10 splitter is doing that work. If it fails, and the two circuits get shorted to each other, then you loose whatever circuit you chose to interrupt.
@@CheveeDodd Gotcha ill be looking over my fuse box chart in the manual to choose which one is not that important but i first also need to test which one is only on when the car is on which is what i want to do to my 2012 ford focus for my fm transmitter to not be on all the time. Is there recommended method for re-plugging the wire into the location of the socket i removed my cigar lighter fuse from or just use like a single prong off an old fuse to plug into the negative terminal of my cigar lighter fuse location?
@@cjwelcome6104 the fuse tap should do that for you.
@@CheveeDodd okay awesome and thank you again for your great video its really helpful! I found that some of my interior indicator lights and radio fuse is one that is key live so thankfully i can use its socket for this project and im currently cutting in half a blown fuse i had laying around to act as the socket plug for the negative terminal on my cigar lighter fuse port so now ill have it turn on only when the car is turned on. :)
I have a 2013 mustang and the only fuse that turns on an off is a 15amp that’s labeled power train control module. Can I use a fuse tap with 2) 15amp connected and tap into that power train module slot?
Sure. That is your engine computer. Should something go wrong with the tap, you will lose power to your engine. You need to determine if that's okay with you. Keep in mind, the fused circuit means that there would have to be some pretty unique situation for that fuse tap to fail, so the likeliness of there being an issue is minimal.
Awesome, however i dont have the same fuse type, i have a regular small fuse so i have no idea how to connect it to only one side. Can you help me?
I'm not sure if they make fuze taps for those.
So what did you choose to tap into? And is there any fire risk?
I went with the ignition, and only if you tried to pull more amps than the tap is rated for.
You would have been better off running that tap to a relay and then wiring the relay into your cigarette lighter circuit. Because now you're pulling power for two things off of a single tap which it wasn't designed for. If you use a relay you're just using the power from the tap to turn the relay on which takes very little power. Also if you are looking for a good power only when the car is on connection I recommend the one for your radio. The radio uses a good amount of power so it's usually a robust circuit and can easily handle a little extra juice.
I would note that referring to a wiring diagram for your vehicle make and model is mandatory to verify nothing else is powered on by that circuit. If it's only the power points I see no issue with this mod.
Hello CHevee what i need is just the opposite of what you doing. I want the Outlet plug to work when the ignition key is not on. ? Can you make a video for that ?
Hmm. What year/make of vehicle?
Can those fuse tap hold up to 20A
The one I chose said yes, but I'd be concerned if both circuits are pulling 20 continuous amps each. That would likely damage wiring or the fuse block
It seems like American cars leave the sockets live. I prefer that. All the Japanese cars I've noticed do the opposite. I have a Ford and a Honda.
mazda's are always on. at least for my 2018 mazda 6 GT reserve
Trying to do it on a 2008 Mercury Sable, the accessory power is on mini fuses. Since they slide down into tiny gaps, there is nothing to slide the lead wire onto for the original mini fuse location :(
Maybe if I break apart one of the pins off a mini fuse and solder that to the end of the lead wire and use pliers to shove it into the slot....?
The information is very helpful, but the shaky camera work leaves a bit to be desired.