Hi guys, any advice on how to turn electricity off in the cigarette lighter socket in my 2014 Octy? I've set up a dashboard camera, and it stays switched on after I switch the ignition off and remove the key. The same goes for the power adapter. 

 

Thanks!

Does it turn off after 15 mins?

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You'll probably need to find a fuse under the dash/glovebox that's switched with the ignition and hang a piggy-back adapter on it.

 

Edit - both 12V sockets are on the same fuse under the dash hence they both work the same way.

Edited 31 December, 201411 yr by Smeghead

No, it doesn't, Jose. 

 

Does it turn off after 15 mins?


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Then playing in the fusebox and hardwiring with a piggyback it in is the answer as suggested. Neater that way anyway.

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Ok, thanks guys!

 

You'll probably need to find a fuse under the dash/glovebox that's switched with the ignition and hang a piggy-back adapter on it.

 

Edit - both 12V sockets are on the same fuse under the dash hence they both work the same way.

Is your car RHD or LHD?  If RHD you'll need to remove the glovebox which is a little tricky until you master it.  There's a recent thread  on doing it.

I have an illuminated USB adapter in the console 12v one and it's lit on a morning when I go to the car...

Wonder if the opposite is true to the Seat Leon and VW Golf which have ignition switched sockets

 

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=402881

 

You need to pull down the glovebox (it's explained in the manual) to reveal the fuse box, in the middle of the fuse box you will see a yellow 20 amp blade fuse (location f40) 

You will notice it sits a slight bit lower than the green 30 amp fuse to its left.
Remove the yellow 20 amp fuse,now move it up slightly until it is parallel with the green fuse next to it, push the fuse back in.

Your 12 volt accessories socket is now permanently live

Best of all its easily reversed if you change your mind

Wonder if the opposite is true to the Seat Leon and VW Golf which have ignition switched sockets

 

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=402881

Interesting.  I'll try pulling mine out later and see.  I don't suppose you have a picture of the Leon fuse box, by any chance?

This is a Golf fuse box. It's not the red circled fuse but the yellow one beneath. Look at its position; you can move it up to the same position as the green 30 amp beside it. This is not my car and I haven't tried it, just what I've read on the Seat forum. YMMV!

 

Interesting!

May look at this as I sometimes put an electric cool box in the back of my estate, and forget to unplug it when I'm parked up at the shops etc.

May look at this as I sometimes put an electric cool box in the back of my estate, and forget to unplug it when I'm parked up at the shops etc.

+1. Plus dash cams etc. 

It's a shame the 12v sockets share a fuse. Would be nice to have one switched and the other permanent.

Well that golf fuse box pic certainly looks like the Octy 3 fusebox pics in this thread.... http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/294828-fitting-a-multiway-cigy-adapter-to-a-mk3-octavia/

This is a Golf fuse box. It's not the red circled fuse but the yellow one beneath. Look at its position; you can move it up to the same position as the green 30 amp beside it. This is not my car and I haven't tried it, just what I've read on the Seat forum. YMMV!

 

 

I can confirm that on the Golf the yellow position fuse is designed to be put in either of the 2 positions so you can choose whether the cigy socket is live all the time or switched.  Should be exactly the same in the Octy, why the different marcs choose different starting positions must be simply brand choice.

It would be nice if someone could do before and after pics of an O3 fuse box and it be made into a sticky

I can confirm that on the Golf the yellow position fuse is designed to be put in either of the 2 positions so you can choose whether the cigy socket is live all the time or switched.  Should be exactly the same in the Octy, why the different marcs choose different starting positions must be simply brand choice.

You mean like this?

 

http://www.golfmk7.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=2209&stc=1&d=1407846798

 

 

Interesting that the pics of the Octavia fusebox on this thread show it already in the lower (switched) position http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/294828-fitting-a-multiway-cigy-adapter-to-a-mk3-octavia/ 

Interesting that the pics of the Octavia fusebox on this thread show it already in the lower (switched) position http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/294828-fitting-a-multiway-cigy-adapter-to-a-mk3-octavia/

Those pics are of a mk7 golf.....

Those pics are of a mk7 golf.....

 

And the difference is...?

I prefer having a permanently live 12v because it allows my dashcam to record events after I leave the car. It's ideal for Tesco/Asda car parks.

You mean like this?

 

http://www.golfmk7.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=2209&stc=1&d=1407846798

 

 

Interesting that the pics of the Octavia fusebox on this thread show it already in the lower (switched) position http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/294828-fitting-a-multiway-cigy-adapter-to-a-mk3-octavia/ 

 

 

Those pics are of a mk7 golf.....

 

 

And the difference is...?

 

The golf come with the fuse in the switched like position, but if you'd have read the post i'd quoted you wouldn't have misunderstood.

I prefer having a permanently live 12v because it allows my dashcam to record events after I leave the car. It's ideal for Tesco/Asda car parks.

+1. A dash cam uses negligible load compared to what the battery can supply.

Fridge/cooler though it would be nice if the boot one was switched with the ignition.

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I prefer having a permanently live 12v because it allows my dashcam to record events after I leave the car. It's ideal for Tesco/Asda car parks.

 

I'm thinking of doing this with mine currently. As it stands I've got everything wired in to the switched rear wiper. How many cameras do you have and what's the longest you've left the car without using it as I'd like to know if it's worth making the change?

 

For anyone after the removal for the Glovebox instructions thread with the video it's this one - http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/338347-getting-the-glovebox-out/