My dash cam works fine plug into the 12v cigarette lighter socket but I’m trying to make a permanent connection to tidy things up. I’ll add here that the camera fires up simple by turning on the ignition (engine not running).
Reading elsewhere, a recommendation is to use a piggyback fuse connection via fuse #40 which is indeed the 12v socket.
With the camera plugged into a lead that’s drawing the power via the piggyback connection, it will only fire up when the engine is running, not just with the key turned for the ignition.
Without the engine running, the battery is showing 11.7v which could suggest its not in the best of health but to me that doesn’t explain why it will work in the 12v socket without the engine running but not via the piggyback fuse under the same condition.
Any thoughts?
Reading elsewhere, a recommendation is to use a piggyback fuse connection via fuse #40 which is indeed the 12v socket.
With the camera plugged into a lead that’s drawing the power via the piggyback connection, it will only fire up when the engine is running, not just with the key turned for the ignition.
Without the engine running, the battery is showing 11.7v which could suggest its not in the best of health but to me that doesn’t explain why it will work in the 12v socket without the engine running but not via the piggyback fuse under the same condition.
Any thoughts?
