Steps to hardwire dash cam & more with fuse taps + Radar, HUD, CarPlay, Android Auto, USB port

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In this video, how to easily hardwire car accessories like dashcams for parking mode, USB ports, aftermarket Heads Up Displays, Radar detectors and more using fuse taps. Power your accessories with the car On or Off.
When you need to power your car accessories and you don't want to use the 12V socket because you want a cleaner install or need to power more than one device, then consider hardwiring by tapping into the car's fuse box.
Whether you want to hardwire a dash cam for parking mode, add a USB port, power your Radar detector, CarPlay, Android auto system or more, hardwiring with a fuse tap is an easy way to go.
So how does a fuse tap work? I show how I hardwire car accessories, how I use fuse taps, dual fuse taps and more.
Click & skip to the chapter to watch:
00:00 - Intro: How to use fuse tap to hardwire car accessories
01:00 - Disclaimer & Warnings
01:30 - ACC or BATT power
03:21 - Hardwire power cables
04:20 - Finding a fuse slot to use for Hardwiring
06:00 - Finding a BATT fuse slot
07:01 - Finding an ACC fuse slot
07:31 - How to use Fuse taps properly
12:02 - Final steps
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Disclaimer:
This video is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Though I am an avid car enthusiast who has installed many car accessories and dash cams, I am not a professional installer. Installing accessories in vehicles is an activity that carries risks where you could hurt yourself, others or damage your property or others property. If you do attempt to install your own accessories you are assuming all the risks and the consequences. Before installing, find out as much as you can from multiple sources, verify information, follow safety guidelines and use appropriate tools and equipment correctly. If you have doubts or concerns, consult a professional or get one to install for you.
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@FergatronMusic 2 ай бұрын

Great video!

@FrakkingCreations 2 ай бұрын

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@astrawally8448 2 ай бұрын

Fuse taps, wire locks and crimp type joiners, fall into the category of fire starters. The wire locks and crimp joiners are purely mechanical and will fail over time. Twisting then solder and heat shrink is the proper way to splice cables. The issue with fuse taps especially is that the orientation is important, which you cover, but don't explain the consequence of not orienting properly - smoke and fire. Also being mechanically retained, they will work loose and you also run the risk of back-feeding +ve volts into other circuits, which a fuse won't protect, and the consequences will range from a a flat battery, to intermittent fault codes, to damaging those other circuits. Then you have the test light - only ever use these for very basic voltage checking - probe the wrong circuit accidently or use it incorrectly, you can destroy electronics and even deploy airbags and seat belt tensioners - dangerous. A digital multi-meter is a better option for this and can be had for not a lot more money. Suffice to say, and not mentioned here, is that probing around an EV with a cheap 12v test light, where 400v+ is present and the batteries can supply 1,500 amps of instantaneous current (250amp is required to weld metal). Potential for serious injury here.

@FergatronMusic 2 ай бұрын

Most splice connections in cars are crimped rather than soldered by OEM. Crimps are fine provided the right type are used, as in this video.

@FrakkingCreations 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing your input. Are you a professional installer? For the fuse tap section, I did mention that the fuses won't protect the circuit properly as designed if the fuse taps are oriented incorrectly. I am not so convinced that if oriented improperly, there would by default be smoke and fire, just like that. When used incorrectly, the power draw from both circuits would go through the first/bottom fuse. If the current exceeds the rating of the fuse, it should blow as designed to prevent a fire. It is just that you are more likely to blow the first/bottom fuse in such a scenario because you are likely getting closer to the rating of the fuse with both circuits pulling from it. For the test light, I only use it to probe the fuses and the fuse slot terminals. I am not using it to probe around at anything else and would not recommend doing that. I could see how probing around randomly elsewhere could cause problems as you mentioned, but I do have a question for you. If a test light could destroy electronics and potentially deploy airbags, why wouldn't a multimeter be capable of causing this too when probing around the wrong circuits? In my video, I am only working on a typical 12V ICE (Internal combustion engine) vehicle and am not saying this will work for EV vehicles. I haven't worked on an EV vehicle so I cannot say anything on that front.