Alasdair Melville
Member
Ok so here's the conundrum;
I have a 2015 Defender 90 XS - and it's awesome, but the one problem is I only have one 12v socket for powering kit - I often need to charge my phone when on the road, but I also have a dashcam to record fun moments but also protect myself from the numerous muppets on the road for my own protection (been caught out in accidents before, and in the last 6 months I've had one guy overtake me on a blind corner and almost ram me off the road, and another racing his mate go the wrong way through a red light on my side of the road and straight towards me - if I'd have had a recording I'd have sent it to the PoPo)
The dashcam is great and works fine, only turns on when the car is powered on and it runs off the 12v socket, but since I only have one I wanted to add a secondary power source, probably hidden, to permanently power the dash cam.
I've considered a socket splitter but due to the location of the 12v socket, it would get in the way of my gear changes and take up too much room. I've seen videos of people adding piggyback fuses to the fuse box, (can buy part from eBay for £0.90) but on my fuse box there isn't enough 'headroom' between the fuses and the fuse box blanking cover to fit one of the piggyback devices.
Therefore, does anybody know of any way I can wire something in on the back of, say, the wiper fuse or the existing 12v fuse to draw off power for a second 12v socket? I want to try and make the install as neat as possible, and also ultimately removable should I ever need to sell the car (somebody might want to keep it in, but just for sake of ease)
Any ideas? Has anyone else done this?
I have a 2015 Defender 90 XS - and it's awesome, but the one problem is I only have one 12v socket for powering kit - I often need to charge my phone when on the road, but I also have a dashcam to record fun moments but also protect myself from the numerous muppets on the road for my own protection (been caught out in accidents before, and in the last 6 months I've had one guy overtake me on a blind corner and almost ram me off the road, and another racing his mate go the wrong way through a red light on my side of the road and straight towards me - if I'd have had a recording I'd have sent it to the PoPo)
The dashcam is great and works fine, only turns on when the car is powered on and it runs off the 12v socket, but since I only have one I wanted to add a secondary power source, probably hidden, to permanently power the dash cam.
I've considered a socket splitter but due to the location of the 12v socket, it would get in the way of my gear changes and take up too much room. I've seen videos of people adding piggyback fuses to the fuse box, (can buy part from eBay for £0.90) but on my fuse box there isn't enough 'headroom' between the fuses and the fuse box blanking cover to fit one of the piggyback devices.
Therefore, does anybody know of any way I can wire something in on the back of, say, the wiper fuse or the existing 12v fuse to draw off power for a second 12v socket? I want to try and make the install as neat as possible, and also ultimately removable should I ever need to sell the car (somebody might want to keep it in, but just for sake of ease)
Any ideas? Has anyone else done this?