[gfpettus]

Hello,

So I was wondering how easy is it to change the 12V outlet from an always on outlet to one that is only turned on with the car?
I have a dash cam installed but it will only stop recording if the power is shut off. otherwise it will stay on and drain the battery.

If it isnt too much of a challenge, what would be the best approach to changing it?

Thanks!

 

[turbonium911]

The amount of work of cutting the outlet wire from its current fuse and connecting it to an ignition fuse is more than just using an add a fuse to hardwire the dashcam from the ignition fuse.

 

[hansboomer]

It is actually pretty easy if you understand wiring. All you need to do is pull the fuse on the always-on circuit and add a fused jumper to a switched bus.
If you have the skills and knowledge to do it, that's all the explanation you need. I won't provide more because there's a million boneheads on the innernets, and some day one of them will burn up his car with it.

 

[stalechips]

You can just wire it into the fusebox by the drivers foot, its really simple!