Silver Forester 2.5 XT Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 I have a Roadhawk HD dash camera on my other vehicle. Rather than use the Cigarette lighter cord I hard wired it into the fuse box ( using the Roadhawk hard wire kit ). I wired it into the fuse box into a fuse which is only live once the ignition is turned on. Could have wired it up to a permanent live but didn't want to drain the Battery due to constant usage. I currently use the Roadhawk in the forester but connected to the lighter socket behind the hand brake, ( the front lighter isn't working for some reason ). :( I have received another Hard Wire kit and suction mount from Roadhawk which I want to install into my Forester 2.5XT so I can just move the dash cam between vehicles and plug it in. Could someone please advise on which fuse or line I should join into which will only be live once the ignition is turned on, preferably into the fuse box in the dashboard area if possible Thank You Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stants Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 I've got a gauge wired into some stuff under the dash so i'll take a look for you tomorrow during daylight :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Forester 2.5 XT Posted April 16, 2014 Author Share Posted April 16, 2014 Thank You. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stants Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 If you don't want to chop the loom could use one of these piggy back fused spur, anyone of the fuses will be live when on. Mines attached to a perm live fuse though. For the ignition live wire i found a spare green wire under the dash that had a spade connector on it it was gathered up and had never been used, for an accessory on options list maybe ? Just chopped it and wired into that. Finally do you have the front fogs fitted with the 3 switches above the fuse box on the dash ? Just wire it into the live side. Anyway hope this helps :-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Forester 2.5 XT Posted April 17, 2014 Author Share Posted April 17, 2014 Thanks for the reply. Will have a look tomorrow or over the weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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