Ford Escape 2010 (Hybrid) Fuse Taps so that the 12v Cigarette Lighter turns Off with the ignition, useful for dashcam not to drain your battery. Fuse taps bought for about $10 CAD here: www.amazon.ca/...
Thanks for putting this video together! I just want to point out that the tap in F31 is backwards as the bottom of the host fuse connection supplies the power, therefore the left most prong in the tap should be mated to that. Doing it this way the power is supplied to each fuse independently, whereas having it backwards causes the juice to flow through each fuse in a zigzag pattern. You'll probably be ok, but just wanted others to be aware there could be potential problems if the tap is installed backwards.
great vid and idea. Just for others, doesn't work on the 2013 escape. The cigar lighter fuse is one of the big ones in the engine compartment. Still have no idea what F61 labeled "cigar lighter and power port" in the passenger compartment actually does.
what i did is get one of them cig power splitters and i cut one of them off then tapped the power on that switched one you had and ran the other leg to ground and tucked every thing under the center console. so now i still have a free cig power and less wires..
Thank you so much for posting this. It really helped me out. I was having the exact same issue and I was thinking of trying to run wires and splice in somewhere but this is so much easier.
Hi. Thanks for this video! I've just been confused on how this works since you're connecting a permanent live fuse to an ignition live fuse which results in the permanent live fuse to become an ignition live one. Does this work because you're placing 2 fuses on the ignition live one and only 1 on the permanent live one?
I know this is a very old comment, but yes. The permanent 12V connector is completely bypassed because there isn't a second fuse in that tap. Without the second fuse, only one blade of that tap is connected. You can prove with using a multimeter. Technically you don't even need the tap that goes into the cigarette lighter. You could just run the wire directly from the ignition-side tap into the host(non-live) terminal of the cig lighter port.
@@MrPashto96 I have the same situation and trying to understand your explanation. What you're saying at the end of your comment is that you can tap and link both the ignition fuse to the power port fuse and it should make the power port switch from non-switched?
Thanks, exactly what I was looking for, had the same problem which was kind of annoying. Is everything still working fine since you jumped the cable ? Anything I should be aware of ? Again thanks for sharing your solution.
Sir, if we do this modification with the power socket to turn on only when the ignition is on then will the fuse blow of power socket in case of short circuit or overload?
He plugged into a fuse that goes off when the ignition is turned off. Like turn signals or radio. You may as well hard wire the camera to the fuse box so you aren’t using up the cigarette lighter.
Thanks for putting this video together! I just want to point out that the tap in F31 is backwards as the bottom of the host fuse connection supplies the power, therefore the left most prong in the tap should be mated to that. Doing it this way the power is supplied to each fuse independently, whereas having it backwards causes the juice to flow through each fuse in a zigzag pattern. You'll probably be ok, but just wanted others to be aware there could be potential problems if the tap is installed backwards.
Does that mean the one on the right is backwards too?
Thank you sooooo much! Just bought one and found out about this problem when I transferred my cam to the escape.
Thank you so much! I have 2011 Fusion and the same problem
great vid and idea. Just for others, doesn't work on the 2013 escape. The cigar lighter fuse is one of the big ones in the engine compartment. Still have no idea what F61 labeled "cigar lighter and power port" in the passenger compartment actually does.
Thanks. Your video together with other videos helped me although it was for my Fiesta.
Great video! This is exactly what I was looking for. Oh a reminder, please add a USA link so you can get credit for it.
Thanks Tyson, really not doing this for any kind of credits, just trying to share my experiment, but thanks for the suggestion.
what i did is get one of them cig power splitters and i cut one of them off then tapped the power on that switched one you had and ran the other leg to ground and tucked every thing under the center console. so now i still have a free cig power and less wires..
Thanks bro I’m bouta do this cuz I’m tired of unplugging it every time
It worked. Thanks so much
It works! Thank you! But one concern is that is it okay to put two of 15 fuses into where initially one 10 fuse location??
Can you send the Amazon link for what to purchase to do this? Thanks for the video!
Nice Video, it works. Can you please explain why you added 2x15 although the one I took off from the board was 10 fuse. Thanks again
Thank you so much for posting this. It really helped me out. I was having the exact same issue and I was thinking of trying to run wires and splice in somewhere but this is so much easier.
This is my problem. I figured I would hard wire the camera into the fuse box so I’m not using up the lighter outlet.
Thank you
helpful
Glad to hear that
Thanks very much
Helped TY
I don’t have a tester. Which side is load side.
Whats the name of the cable ? The link not working
Hi. Thanks for this video! I've just been confused on how this works since you're connecting a permanent live fuse to an ignition live fuse which results in the permanent live fuse to become an ignition live one. Does this work because you're placing 2 fuses on the ignition live one and only 1 on the permanent live one?
I know this is a very old comment, but yes. The permanent 12V connector is completely bypassed because there isn't a second fuse in that tap. Without the second fuse, only one blade of that tap is connected. You can prove with using a multimeter. Technically you don't even need the tap that goes into the cigarette lighter. You could just run the wire directly from the ignition-side tap into the host(non-live) terminal of the cig lighter port.
@@MrPashto96 I have the same situation and trying to understand your explanation. What you're saying at the end of your comment is that you can tap and link both the ignition fuse to the power port fuse and it should make the power port switch from non-switched?
Thanks, exactly what I was looking for, had the same problem which was kind of annoying. Is everything still working fine since you jumped the cable ? Anything I should be aware of ? Again thanks for sharing your solution.
Hey Martin, glad this helps. Yes, no problem what so ever since I did the video!
Thanks man!
Does this work with all fords?
Sir, if we do this modification with the power socket to turn on only when the ignition is on then will the fuse blow of power socket in case of short circuit or overload?
Yes it should continue to work normally.
@@cnghockey Sir, in case of short circuit or overload, which fuse will blow, A fuse in a jumper or cigarette lighter?
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did you put the 12v fuse directly to another fuse that goes out? does not short circuit?
No issue at all, works perfectly
Does it still work perfectly?
Can someone explained how this works? I don't understand how it bypasses the always on circuit
He plugged into a fuse that goes off when the ignition is turned off. Like turn signals or radio. You may as well hard wire the camera to the fuse box so you aren’t using up the cigarette lighter.
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