10 hours ago, Exkiwi said:

Did you not read where he said he has something BELOW it so can orient it correctly. I would be looking for another slot or a fuse that I could run it correctly but thats just me.

What is that supposed to mean?

I was stating a fact. Get over it.

Update - turns out the fuse slot I used only has one connector, I.E. only the hot side is populated.

The dash cam is grounded externally, and it’s been working for a year. In my head this makes sense, as the power goes in, to the dash cam, and it’s grounded elsewhere. The cold/load side (that isn’t there) is only for the original thing, which I don’t have?

1 hour ago, OccyVRS said:

Update - turns out the fuse slot I used only has one connector, I.E. only the hot side is populated.

Yes - that is correct and expected 😉

Almost every consumer in the car will use one of the many earth points around the chassis for the ground/negative which is what I expect your dashcam does.

18 hours ago, langers2k said:

Yes - that is correct and expected 😉

Almost every consumer in the car will use one of the many earth points around the chassis for the ground/negative which is what I expect your dashcam does.

One less thing to worry about. I did test everything with a multimeter when I put it in last year, but this thread had me double checking 😂

Yeah all the unused slots just have the hot end as the different models have different things installed so they just chuck in a standard wiring loom to the fuse panel and then fit what is on the build document. Is good because it gives you options as to where to put the tap. I used to use these but sadly cant buy them any more. You put them the same way and circuit is fused. Just make sure when you earth it the bolt actually goes into metal cos I got caught once when it only went into the plastic. Now I meter it out first. Still have my original Blackvue DR 400 from 2010 but its getting a bit tired now and lens is a bit misty You can actually take them out and clean the inside of them where the mist usually is

8 hours ago, Exkiwi said:

Yeah all the unused slots just have the hot end as the different models have different things installed so they just chuck in a standard wiring loom to the fuse panel and then fit what is on the build document. Is good because it gives you options as to where to put the tap. I used to use these but sadly cant buy them any more. You put them the same way and circuit is fused. Just make sure when you earth it the bolt actually goes into metal cos I got caught once when it only went into the plastic. Now I meter it out first. Still have my original Blackvue DR 400 from 2010 but its getting a bit tired now and lens is a bit misty You can actually take them out and clean the inside of them where the mist usually is

Yeah - I always ground with a multimeter. I used one of the dash mounting bolts, with plenty of washers. I suppose there are easier places but I like to make sure it’s grounded properly to the frame.

I know they use a standard fuse assembly, however I assumed if they had a hot side installed, they’d have the load side, but then not have it going anywhere. Quite nice really - there are a couple free ones rated up to 40A.