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Wiring in a dashcam on a Yeti

MichaelRMND
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... suggest that piggybacks should be fitted with the wire on the non live side of the fuse ( if that makes sense).

Steve

That is true. To satisfy yourself that it is correct you can remove each fuse in turn and check that the respective electrical device is dead.

 

Jim

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    • Llanigraham
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      So we are all talking about the same socket!   As far as I have discovered over the (nearly) 6 years I've had Yetis, no the 2 power sockets do not shut down after a certain period Yes it is CanBus.

    • Tomo1971
      Tomo1971

      I have a piggy back fuse holder in the fuse box hard wired to a 12v Socket (the standard car 12v size). The dash cam is mounted behind the mirror, the cable tucked into the headlining to the drivers s

    • Frenchtone
      Frenchtone

      Put a usb socket in the top box and piggyback off a switched fuse in the adjacent fusebox, I did it to keep my mobile phone charged, the socket had 2 x usb's a search will show this topic with pics I

    Just to add more fuel!!

    I removed one of the lower switch blanking plugs, bought a 12V to USB board (with USB socket on flying leads) and with a bit of drilling and filing and Araldite managed to fit the USB socket into the blanking plate. Now I can charge my phone from the dash, wired into a switched 12V fuse in the fuse holder bank. Works a treat and goes off when you swtch off.

    Jerry

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    Just to add more fuel!!

    I removed one of the lower switch blanking plugs, bought a 12V to USB board (with USB socket on flying leads) and with a bit of drilling and filing and Araldite managed to fit the USB socket into the blanking plate. Now I can charge my phone from the dash, wired into a switched 12V fuse in the fuse holder bank. Works a treat and goes off when you swtch off.

    Jerry

     

    I'd like to see a photo of that.

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    Here's a close up of my USB switched socket on the dash of my Yeti.

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