This is the best explanation on how to install the fuse taps correctly for beginners, thank you so much.

Very simple and clear, with no extra babbling. Great video!

Probably one of the best tutorials on KZread for anything. Well done.

I can't begin to thank you for this simple, to-the-point, and detailed explanation.

After watching so many tutorials on fuse taps, this is the MOST informative and detailed! Thanks

Thank you for making an easily followable video. Other creators just think everyone knows what they're talking about. You showed and spoke about all the detail how it should be. Thank you again.

Thank you. I installed my wifes dashcam and after I did, I ran into your video after I couldnt sleep at 0330. Im glad I saw your video and flipped my fuse taps around! Thank you for breaking it down Barney-style to us.

Straight to the point - and perfectly explained. Literally a perfect DIY video. Thank you!

Dang man. Informative, quick, right to the point. Love it, and I wish more people would make videos like this.

This is the best straight to the point video that I've seen in a long time. Thank you!

Excellent! Now I know how to find which way to install a fuse tap. Clear and precise explanations!

Phenomenal video! I wasn’t aware that there are 4 different fuse types, some of which seem quite similar in appearance. That explains the Amazon 1-star reviews I’ve read on fuse taps which messed up the contact spacing (or fell out easily) from a fuse box! Also really liked your explanation of how to find which side of a fuse in a fuse box is the 12v source side. Cheers!

Thank you! This is a much better explanation than I have seen in other videos! Very clear and easy to understand. Thanks again!

I wish all youtube videos were this straight to the point! Thank you

Thank you posting this. I just added a fuse tap for my amp remote wire. Wasn't getting power to the amp. Wasn't sure if I needed both fuses for the fuse tap. Now I know. Thanks again

Bro! This video was awesome! Easy to follow and understand and no unnecessary gabbing on and on. 👍

Thanks for the detailed video. There are a lot of fuse tap videos and most don't cover load and line. Great tutorial.

Thank you for this video. I was having an argument with someone recently about whether there is a right way and a wrong way to insert a fuse tap. He insisted that the electricity flows through the fuses in series regardless of which way it was inserted (which defeats the purpose of having two fuses). I was trying to make him understand that when the fuse tap is inserted the correct way each fuse acts as its own circuit, but when inserted upside down the electricity enters through the "exit" of the OEM fuse slot and the "entrance" of that fuse then feeds the other fuse. Thank you for proving that I was correct in my understanding of how a fuse tap works.

This was the best tutorial of how to use these fuse taps and how they work. Thank you!

First comment I see on all of these videos say, best explanation on internet. Genuinely never fully understood any other videos like I did with this one.

Great job on the video. Very detailed and explained clearly. Made my install and day easier. THANK YOU!

Thank you for this very helpful video, I'm doing a diy install of a front and rear dashcam on my subaru crosstrek 2023, and this was the part that I knew the least about. Much appreciated.

Incredibly helpful video. Your channels make this so easy to understand for beginners. Much appreciated

Excellent. I appreciate the clear explanation. Short, simple, all info. Thank you.

Thank you so much for this, I had no idea how to use these taps :).. I was trying to figure it all all evening, until I watched your video,, high five..

Nice to see a video that's detailed short only 6 minutes with easy to follow instruction. And the nice chart to look at on the most common fuse type on the market.

Good video to explain the directional part. Initially I thought that since fuses are not directional, so the fuse tap would not be directional. But, after your video, I realized that the current would flow directly to the dashcam instead of the fuse if I install it the other way. Also the neutral simply goes to chassis in cars, interesting. So that's why the battery has a wire connected to the body. Thanks for making the video. Now I can try installing the dashcam.

This was incredibly informative and well explained. Thank you!

Eye opener of an explanation. I didn't know both fuse slots needed to be filled to send power to your circuit. I also didn't know fuses were directional. Don't ever lose hope on your project because it doesn't work the first time!

I was watching to remind myself how to do it, bc the fuse rating was confusing to me. You didn't explain this. Mixing rating within the tap. That's OK though, I am sure I'll find it. I did learn about flow rate, checking which side of the fuse is hot, and matching it to the flow direction of the tap. I didn't not know this, and it seems important. So, thank you for making this video, it was quick, clear, consise. Good job.

Excellent job. Thank you.

Very great and educational video without fluff. Thank you very much.

Very simple and clear! Thank you.

Nice, simple explanation. Good job!

Super helpfull!!! Thank you sir. Best instruction on this I was able to find.

Extremely helpful explanation. Thank you for this. :)

Very very helpful. Thank you and blessings 🙌

Awesome, simple vid...Thank you!

Excellent video, thanks!

Thanks for just getting to the point! Cheer!

Wow - what a perfect video. Thx.

Great explanation and video, thanks!

great explanation! i like the detail - thanks

Great video. Very informative. Liked and subbed! 👍🏾

Muchas gracias 👍 buen video🏆

very helpful and very well done. thank you.

thank you so much, very useful guidance

Great video, I just did mine today. I thought the fuses were paralled together, but the red powers the fuse your replacing and the orange protects the the new load, coming out of the red wire. Why didn’t they say that on the dash cam instructions, but who looks at instructions. So there sort of in series, splitting the power.

Good information. Planning to install my foglights. It has a relay, 2 power leads, 1 acc, and 1 power lead and the other ones are chassis ground and battery negative. Can I just use the chassis ground for the negative leads and fuse one of them. Lastly, what will happen if I match the fuse. Some say you can match it??

Nismo pathfinder?? Had no idea that was a thing, very cool

great video! thanks

Great video! My fuses are showing voltage on each side. I checked the fuses and they’re good. How do I know which way to install the tap?

You can add different Ampe on a fuse holder ?

would it matter about awg size??? i have a 20awg hardwire kit but my fuse taps awg wire size is 16. would it be fine to crimp it just like that?

What about a Maxi (FK3) type fuse? Can you tap to one of those?

3:57 the slot where you put in the purple fuse, is it the main slot or the top one? thank you for the informative video sir

Awesome video. So many dashcam installation videos skip the part of confirming the orientation of the fuse tap insertion.

@LostInPhilly89

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. Now that I fully understand how these work, I have to go back and double check some work that my "professional" mechanic did. He added a fuse tap to an empty slot that is not used from the factory. However, he put two fuses in the tap instead of just utilizing the accessory slot, so now the car's OEM slot is receiving power when it shouldn't be.

What if u have a relay on both side n the pigtail is in the way? Is there another type of fuse tap I can use

Super helpful thanks!

Most fuse taps ive seen are 10a rated. I noticed you tapped into the 20amp fuse also…is that too much load for fuse tap wire? Just wondering? Or is it just about the top fuse which is lower amps through that tap wire i suppose?

Thanks for a clear answer

If you don't have a tester and you connect these if they're done wrong can you just reverse turn the connector around

can you please help in finding the needed fuse location to connect constant power source to a dash cam so it keeps running while in parking mode, the car is 2017 Cadillac XT5, dash cam is Vantrue N5. and thank you so much

Is there any way to tap into an mcase fuse?

What fuse goes in the top slot? The bottom one has the one which we going to take out from the fuse box.

do you know if the power will still go through to original fuse or of this just diverts the power and cuts it off from the original? The previous owner of my car has ripped out the cable for the marker lights, the fuse for it also powers the tail lights can i just use one of these to run a new cable will it power both?

Great job.. keep it up

Great video! 🎉

Thank you very much!

so you butt connected a different gauge wire (looks like 20-22 awg) to a thicker wire, and that's fine?

Thank U, One thing to highlight is never put a higher amp fuse in the top slot than the lower original fuse amp. Example, if bottom.fuse is 10, top fuse slot must not exceed 10.

I sure thank you!!

good video, thank you for no extra BS..

It is very cool! But.... how to get to the ground potential the same way?

What are the wires that you connect to the fuse tap?

I installed an external voltage regulator and connected it to the accessory power in the fuse box. Supposed to work on ignition only, but when I come back in the morning my battery is dead. What can be the issue?

I tried to do running lights but they dont turn on. Could it be that i have to tighten the connector

So if you have the fuse tap in the wrong position you’ll most likely blow the top fuse?

What about if I have 12v in both side of fuse ?

The white thing on the left of your fuses is a fuse puller. Use it, not pliers.

@DIVINELIVING999

Жыл бұрын

What if the car didn't have one....then what instead of using pliers just go buy another one

@matthopkins1107

Ай бұрын

Pliers work just as fine

@GavinosuHighlights

Ай бұрын

@@matthopkins1107no

Thank you so much.

awsome video!

GOOD JOB THUMBS UP.....BRO

I’m confused which one is the fuse thing ?

My Man!

nice info bro. i subcribed your channel.

Very good video

Thank you.

Super Thanks

Hi dial2fast! Which one is the fuse for the cig plug at the cargo area? Can’t find it from the pathfinder manual

@jongardz

Жыл бұрын

What’s your recommendation if we want to replace the cig plug not to turn on all the time?

Hello, great videos, to the point, no bs...Question: Is there such thing as a Fuse Tap (for low profile mini) that can handle 15A, or maybe 20A? All my local auto parts stores only carry Fuse Taps for low profile mini that carry 10A max. Any help or website than you know of, would be greatly appreciated

@SimpleDIYMedia

2 жыл бұрын

The reason you only find fuse tap that handle 10A is because the gauge of wire they use might be 12-14 gauge. This means the wire is what's limiting how much current it can handle. I have not seen any fuse tap that uses a heavier gauge wire. If you must tap a high current wire, you need to look into splicing and soldering onto an existing high current factory wire.

Hey the Fuse tap supplies the positive to the device but where does the negative wire from device get tapped into? I am obviously missing something

@dial2fast

6 ай бұрын

You need to connect the black negative wire to a ground bolt under the dash. Look around under the driver's dash and try to find a bolt you can loosen and using a ring terminal, tighten the bolt on it.

So i am trying to connect some accessory lights on a new grille i installed. There is a red and a black wire. When doing a fuse tap like this, what do you do with the black ground wire?

@SimpleDIYMedia

20 күн бұрын

The black wire need to connect to a ground bolt on the vehicle.

Professional car audio installer said yellow acc wire tapped into 20a fuse power socket, red wire also goes to the other 20a fuse power socket black ground wire to bare metal, but the dash cam won’t turn off by itself, but I noticed you have ya wires tapped to 10a fuse? am I doing it wrong?

@SuperErmacX

Жыл бұрын

Maybe parking mode is enabled?

What do you do with the negative wire. Place it on the negative site of the battery?

@SimpleDIYMedia

Ай бұрын

Connect the ground wire to a grounding bolt under the dash. You can crimp a ring terminal on the wire to make install easier when placing it behind the bolt.

Thanks

How much Ampere (eg. 5A/10A/15A) should be the new fuse that we will place in the fuse tap for the dashcam ?

@SimpleDIYMedia

8 ай бұрын

You shouldn't need more than 5A, but you can also put a 10A, and that will work fine.

If you install a fuse tap into say a 10amp fuse. Then install the fuse for your new device which also needs a 10amp fuse. With both these running they could be drawing up to 20amps. How do we know the wire leading up to the original fuse isn't rated at 15amps which would have been enough for the original device but not enough for the now potential 20amp draw with the additional device? Will the rating be on the wire or is there a way to test? Genuinely new to all this so just trying to find out what could go wrong before I attempt anything.

@SimpleDIYMedia

5 ай бұрын

You are correct that when both devices combined (assuming your new device is also drawing 10A), then the total current draw of both devices could exceed the factory wiring for that 10A circuit. The simple (and safe) way of dealing with this is you need to find out what is the current draw of your add-on device. If it's a dashcam, then it typically draws about 250-300mA. The combined current draw of the original fuse and the add-on fuse must not exceed the original fuse rating. You will not necessarily know the factory wire gauge behind the fuse box, so just follow the rule of both devices combined cannot exceed the original fuse rating.

If you are installing a dashcam, why are there TWO fuse taps- a red and yellow? I am about to install a reversing mirror/camera and assuming I need ONE fuse tap from a 12v ignition fuse source. Any advice?

@SuperErmacX

Жыл бұрын

I believe it's because some dashcams have the parking mode feature which draws power from the constant fuse (yellow wire) while the ignition is off.

I watched another video about this and it confused the crap out of me but this one didn't.