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3:rd-May-2015, 17:19:03 (This post was last modified: 3:rd-May-2015, 17:20:54 by DC_ELiTE.)
Afternoon all
As I promised in my welcome thread, thought I would provide a tutorial for adding two powered USB ports in the glove box for powering my dashcam and charging my phone.
Remove Glovebox You will need to do this so follow these instructions.
The kit list I used for this is below
1 x USB Adapter from Ebay (Link to Item)
1 x Pack of insulated red crimps
1 x Reel of black cable (i used 5amp)
1 x pack of Nut crimp to hook onto the nut for ground
1 x Pair of Crimpers, nothing fancy provided they crimp insulated wire.
1 x Piggyback adapter (Link to Item)
1 x Double sided tape, foam type.
You also need various USB leads to suit your setup. For my dashcam I ended up getting a USB extension cable and then a shorter USB to Mini B cable adapter so I could join it up in the interior light area. This means if I change my dashcam I only have to change a short lead not the whole thing. I then bought a long (3m) USB to Micro B cable to charge my phone.
Firstly you need to crimp the wires on the USB adapter to the piggyback adapter. Simply place the red wire from the usb adapter in the tube and crimp down hard so that it holds the wire in place
Next you need to cut a length of wire, around 15cm as the black cable on the USB adapter isn't long enough to stretch to the nut you need it to for ground. Crimp this onto the black wire from the USB adapter and then crimp on the end so that it can hook over the nut as shown below.
Next you need to plug the USB adapter in. We will be installing into fuse position 6 which powers the 12v socket. Make sure that you put the fuse you take out closest to the prongs on the piggyback adapter and the fuse for the USB adapter furthest away. Then plug it into the fuse position 6.
Double check everything, make sure you are happy then turn on the ignition. Plug your USB devices in and everything should begin charging. Awesome.
Now to tidy everything up!
As mentioned I used a USB extension cable so first of all I had to poke this through the headliner into the light area, this is a bit fiddly but it does go through so take your time.
You want to end up like this
Then I needed to push through my short USB to Mini B adapter and then plug it into the extension cable
Continue to tidy up, I eventually used some of the double sided tape here.
Now I also had another USB cable for my phone which I bought all the way over from the right hand side. Ultimately I ended up with both cables here on the left hand door
Bring them down and then you need to push all the cables through the fuse box access flap in the glovebox. Re attach the glove box then mess around with tidying it all up.
I ended up with this setup, achieved with some more of the double sided tape. I choose to keep the USB adapter in the glove box so its accessible should anything go wrong.
You can tuck any excess wire in to the left of the glove box before putting the trim back on that you had to remove when taking off the glove box.
Thats basically it, hope it helps someone. Its much nicer not having cables within the cabin!
3:rd-May-2015, 18:39:15 (This post was last modified: 3:rd-May-2015, 18:39:55 by DC_ELiTE.)
(3:rd-May-2015, 18:05:55)Rusty2009 Wrote: Is that a mini 0801 cam you have fitted?
Sure is, great piece of mind knowing you have that when you witness some of the crazy driving on the road. Was a tad annoying to place because I have the auto wipers so the bit behind the mirror is huge.
Would love to see pics of your setup as reading those diagrams isn't making that much sense to me at the mo. Is there any reason you didn't use a piggyback?
(3:rd-May-2015, 18:59:15)Rusty2009 Wrote: I have the same camera great bit of kit and very good video quality day and night, although pricey well worth buying.
Yes it took me quite some time to get the place right, got to do it again now tho.
I was advised that piggy backs are not the best method as you can in fact be overloading the original wiring.
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Couldn't agree more, The 0806 is out now, looks good as it offers a higher frame rate (45fps) @ 1080p which would be useful for slow mo playbacks.
Ok i'll bear that in mind re piggyback, I wont be plugging anything into the 12v socket anyway so this should stay within safe limits! I assume I could check the amps going through it by using a voltmeter? If so that will be my next purchase.
I will have to look the 0806 then as the wife's wants a dash cam now (although I think the 0801 still may well take the edge as all the other models never seemed to take off.)
Yes you could do that mate TBH the cam isn't going to pull much anyway.
It seems the USB port is not providing enough power to properly charge my S3 mini, I've done a couple of journeys and noticed that the battery is draining which isn't ideal specially as its used for satnav! Have done some reading and took the plunge on one of these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/321254386023 to see if it solves the issue. There are various discussion that suggest it should so will report back with an update if it works.
Purchasing of that adapter didn't help until I looked into it further.
I bought a 5M lead originally and that apparently is too long to charge the phone even with the adapter. I then took the plunge again and purchased this 3M Charge only lead and then installed.
This has solved the issue and my phone now fully charges. I also moved the adapter I bought originally across to the dashcam as I had noticed the battery on that had also started to go down and now it is fully charging.
Basically these car adapters only charge in USB mode unless you buy a cable that shorts the data pins together.
18:th-May-2015, 13:38:33 (This post was last modified: 18:th-May-2015, 13:38:48 by bhalay207.)
My s4 charges so slowly on a standard USB. The standard wall charger puts out 2A. I've purchased a 2A car charger which solves that issue. Don't know how beneficial this comment is to you however
10:th-Mar-2016, 14:55:04 (This post was last modified: 10:th-Mar-2016, 14:55:44 by tucpal.)
Is that for taking power for the camera if so a piggy back fuse with two 10 amp fuses is better your way will trip both the camera and whatever you have tapped into out if you have an overload
It didn't work, I have a transcend 200 and I snipped off the 12v socket, spliced the ground to the chassis and the red (live) to a piggy back fuse and plugged it in. But it wouldn't charge the camera. Have I don't something wrong?
10:th-Mar-2016, 18:07:44 (This post was last modified: 10:th-Mar-2016, 18:08:31 by sheppy1.)
(10:th-Mar-2016, 18:03:58)bhalay207 Wrote: I have no idea what that is lol
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That's my glove box fuse box...I have two USB ports in a sort of 12V socket wired up to that fuse location for power and it works fine, @nemo tried to use it but gets no power for some reason
How would I tell that? I tried the fuse both ways.
I think what I'm going to do is splice into the wire behind the 12v socket as Rusty suggested, add the wire for a female 12v socket and hide it behind the glove box. I'd also be adding an inline fuse just to be safe. 5amps is going to be way to high for the camera. They only have an output of 1amp
Thought I'd add another option for running cabling for the dashcam or usb.
I removed the panel running down the A pillar. It's abit of a sod to remove, so pull inwards (towards the driver side) and it'll then stop. What you have to do is squeeze both sides of the metal retaining clip as it has a secondary 'locking pin' for want of a better phrase. I'm assuming it's to stop the panel flying off of the airbag operates.
Run the cable down through the dash and towards the fuse box. Once there, make the necessary connections and tidy your wiring up with cable ties
14:th-Mar-2016, 20:53:18 (This post was last modified: 14:th-Mar-2016, 20:53:36 by Nemo.)
So I've tried getting power a different way for the dash cam. I've spliced into the purple wire behind the front 12V socket to take power from there and I then tried with the ground two ways, I first tried it on the chassis via the bolt in the glove box, and then I tried it by splicing into the black wire on the 12V socket. Neither of the ways I've done it work, and now I have no power to my 12V. Checked fuses 6&7 and @rusty2009 advised and they're fine.
15:th-Mar-2016, 13:03:55 (This post was last modified: 15:th-Mar-2016, 13:04:49 by tucpal.)
Take power from the battery positive and add an inline 3amp fuse use the big rubber grommet on the fire wall in the passenger foot well to push the wire through and ground to an earth nut on the bulk head you will need to remove the glove box had the same issue with taking power from my power socket did not work
15:th-Mar-2016, 13:07:56 (This post was last modified: 15:th-Mar-2016, 13:08:20 by tucpal.)
You will have blown one or two 20amp fuses for sig and power sockets in the front glove box you don't use the black wire for ground with a power socket with three wires on it
15:th-Mar-2016, 17:10:25 (This post was last modified: 15:th-Mar-2016, 17:12:08 by Nemo.)
I've had it all back out today, I've changed the fuse, tried different appliances and it still doesn't work. The 12V gives nothing out neither the front or rear.