TheDoug
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So there have been a couple other posts about this but I wanted to share what I came up with and what worked for me.
First off my radar detector is weird, it uses 5v power instead of 12v. My dash cam also uses 5v. So I did not want to use the mirror power tap method because I would need to mount the 12v to 5v converter up there as well.
I ran both cables all the way to the passenger side fuse box using a fuse tap on fuse 37 (steering wheel heater). There have been reports in the previous posts that the steering wheel heater would stop working using this method. Mine did not have this issue and I was able to find fuse taps that actually fit securely without modifying or cutting the fuse box area.
Only issue I have so far is finding a usb y cable that supplies power. The one I bought doesn't pass power on either port.
Here are some pics. Second one is just showing there is room without modifying the cover to run the wire.
First off my radar detector is weird, it uses 5v power instead of 12v. My dash cam also uses 5v. So I did not want to use the mirror power tap method because I would need to mount the 12v to 5v converter up there as well.
I ran both cables all the way to the passenger side fuse box using a fuse tap on fuse 37 (steering wheel heater). There have been reports in the previous posts that the steering wheel heater would stop working using this method. Mine did not have this issue and I was able to find fuse taps that actually fit securely without modifying or cutting the fuse box area.
Only issue I have so far is finding a usb y cable that supplies power. The one I bought doesn't pass power on either port.
Here are some pics. Second one is just showing there is room without modifying the cover to run the wire.
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