Hi,

I am going to wire my dashcam up to the fuse box, but want to connect it to a permanently on supply - The camera has a parking monitor that triggers if the car is knocked etc. I have had the camera for 8 months and it powers down within 2 mins of being inactive and doesn't overly drain the battery, plus my car is used daily so I'm not concerned about flattening the battery.

Can anyone suggest which fuse number would be best to piggy back from?

 

Ta,

Steve

Most of the fuses are live, rather than switched live (i.e. on/off with the ignition). When fitting the dash cam to my Kodiaq I had a hard time finding a switched live, as I couldn't use the usual rear wiper fuse. When I was trying to find an alternative I noticed that almost all of the other fuses were permanent live.

 

If you don't have a multimeter then just plug the piggyback fuse holder into your preferred location and see if the dash cam turns on.

 

 

41 minutes ago, silver1011 said:

Most of the fuses are live, rather than switched live (i.e. on/off with the ignition). When fitting the dash cam to my Kodiaq I had a hard time finding a switched live, as I couldn't use the usual rear wiper fuse. When I was trying to find an alternative I noticed that almost all of the other fuses were permanent live.

 

If you don't have a multimeter then just plug the piggyback fuse holder into your preferred location and see if the dash cam turns on.

 

 

Thanks very much Silver, I'll give it a go if this rain stops long enough!