Thank you so much for posting this video- used it to find a constant hot on my fuse box for aftermarket radio install.

Thanks for sharing where to find a constant 12volt on the fuse panel. Sure wish we knew more about the fuse location. Looks like location #14, wonder gauge of wire compared to the other 12V supplies that are 20 amp fused. Would be great to know if we could reliable jumper the 14 to the 12v socket for constant power for the accessory plug.

thank you very much for your video. thank you with your help.

Is there a way to connect power from the fuse box to a couple unused fuse slots, to effectively add one or two 10-amp switched fuse outlets?

That's great but the one question to ask is what the amp value behind the panel that feed that circuit ...for light stuff you'll be ok, but if you want to supply a sub panel you need 30A and i don't think any of these taps will handle more than 10A....newer vehicles TIPMs have sensitive solid state boards in the PDP making issues worse.

Thank you!

Just installed a BlackVue DR900x-2ch plus in my 2020 Outback using these fuse locations and they worked. For some reason I couldn't get the camera to start up on the hardwire, but after starting it up on the cigarette lighter power cable, then (quickly) switching over to the hardwire it continues to run. Maybe it requires higher voltage at startup?

@samhain9394

10 ай бұрын

Cigarette lighter adapter is also called a 12 volt socket. They run at 12 volts, 50 or 20 amps regardless. Your battery is also 12 volts. Your question does not make sense as asked, I believe you meant amperage?

Have you made your 12volt ports always on? I’m trying to figure out how to do that. I’m thinking that always on port with the fuse adapter to the cold side of the 12v ports?

@samhain9394

10 ай бұрын

"cold" ??

First of all, thank you so much for this video! I was confused at first, but i think i understand everything u discussed. U were very clear and concise. Question: for those empty slots providing 12V, can any type of fuse be used, depending on the device i am working with (7.5A, 20A, etc.)? I ask because if i want to hard wire something, i am not sure which empty slot to use. I just know i only want ignition power, not constant power.

@jakesdiy197

Ай бұрын

I believe any of those empty slots can work with any fuse value, within a reasonable range. There is a max limit to the amperage that the fuse panel, the wiring supporting the fuse panel and the wiring for your added item can handle. I would be cautious adding too many high draw items 20A+ (and don't ever try to run something like a subwoofer directly off that panel) but a couple of lower draw items of 3A - 10A are ok. I'm sure if there is information on the specs for the panel and the wiring used to feed the panel from the manufacturer, so you could calculate if higher draw items would be supported and how many you could add but for just a couple of small draw items it isn't really necessary to do that deep of a dive.

@barbecuesauceeyebrows8254

Ай бұрын

@@jakesdiy197 thanks for the info, to tell u the truth, i was looking for the opposite: low draw items like led lights. I just didn’t want to blow a fuse by accidentally putting it in an unsuitable port. If u cant tell, i am beginner at this and perhaps do not have the best understanding how this works.

Thanks for the video. Did you put one fuse the blue one ? And your left the other slot empty of on the fuse tap. Right ?

@jakesdiy197

Жыл бұрын

Yep, for those fuse slots that are originally empty you only use 1 fuse in the fuse tap.

@alive2990

Жыл бұрын

@@jakesdiy197 thanks I got it installed.. the only thing the camera turns off saying it reached the low voltage cut off which I have it set at the lowest possible 11.8 V. When I test the fuse, I get 12.2 V.. do you have any idea why it’s turning off ?

@samhain9394

10 ай бұрын

​​@@alive2990because you left your car on in the accessory position without starting the engine for too long, and your battery discharged below your cutoff limit. It showed you 12 volts when you tested it because either you started or jumped the car since then.

in the engin fuse box is there a a slot like an accessory that I can use?

@jakesdiy197

Жыл бұрын

The engine fuse box probably won't have empty slots like I used in this video, but you can use the same fuse taps to piggy-back on an already populated fuse. If there are empty slots, a lot of the time the manufacturer doesn't put leads (wires) to the empty slots so they aren't actually hooked up. I would look for a lower amp fused slot, like 5 - 10 amps as those are typically more accessory type things and not critical stuff that will prevent the car from working right if you have a bad fuse tap or something that effects the already populated fuse.

Not quite sure that it is constant power.Once you lock the car by remote it will switch of after few minutes? You may re check this? I may be wrong?but....

Some of the slots in my fuse box aren't working i.e. fuzes that lit up with a test pen from other slots won't light up when placed in other slots. Is that normal?

@jakesdiy197

10 ай бұрын

Car manufacturers don't always populate all the fuse slots in a panel. So it's not unexpected that you might not get any power to some empty fuse slots. I think things like different trim packages can effect if they wire up all the slots or not since it saves them a couple of pennies in wire for each one they don't have to wire. With those add-a-fuse taps you can just piggyback on one of the existing working fuses, I just found an empty working slot in this specific car (2022 Subaru Outback Limited) that I could use instead of piggybacking an existing fuse.

hello I already tested my fuse Box and I found it two empty slot, when the car if off with 12.2 volt and another one when the car is on 14.3 volt , which one should be use in each case ..thank you

@jakesdiy197

Жыл бұрын

The constant power (when the car is off with 12.2 volts) slots I only use for things that I always want to have powered, like if you wanted to add a USB charger that you don't have to start the car to power. I typically use switched power (only shows voltage when the car is ON) for most accessory installs as it avoids problems with drawing down the battery while the car is off. When the car is on, the alternator will recharge the battery so you don't have to worry about parasitic draws on the battery that might draw down the voltage of the battery if you use the constant power slots. Hopefully that makes sense.

@samhain9394

10 ай бұрын

You basically said the same thing two different ways. If you tested a fuse with the car off and it showed 12.2 volts, that is standard where your battery should be without the load of your engine. 14.3 volts is a regular reading with the engine on. If you turned the engine off that reading would drop to 12.X volts. So, your question cannot be answered the way you phrased it. There is no problem with the details you gave, nor is there a difference in the operation of either scenario.

My fuse box has no exposed metal and i cant use a prong to reach them sadly

@jakesdiy197

Жыл бұрын

That can happen, lots of manufacturers won't populate the unused fuse slots. It saves them a few cents to not wire anything on the back side of the panel if their design doesn't require the extra fuse slots. Have done several vehicles like that, when I do those I will use an Add-a-circuit fuse tap on one of the populated slots for something like a cigarette lighter (cig) or power (pwr) accessory. I have also done accessory installs where I added a secondary fuse block (www.amazon.com/Blue-Sea-Systems-Blade-12-Circuit/dp/B01BV1MS1K?th=1) that comes directly off the battery.

I’m assuming the fuse taps you used had two slots? If so in which slot you installed your fuse? Since you not tapping to an existing one, figured you only need one.

@lupohki

5 ай бұрын

The slot away from the prongs is for your new circuit. The slot closer to the prongs is for the existing circuit. For this example, the slot closer is empty since it was an empty slot in the fuse box.

@JamalKhaffaf

5 ай бұрын

Thank!