Hi all

Probably a silly question, 

I have recently bough a 2011 fiesta econetic, I notice that the cigarette lighter is always live, I have dash cams installed which are now on motion sensor mode, but obviously  always running through day and night now. Is there an easy way, without hard wiring to change the cigarette lighter to only be active when the ignition is on for example, if not any suggestions?

 

Initially I thought was a problem with the car as I had to change the battery straight after buying, so I bought a Heavy Duty battery and a couple of times its been flat, i can only assume and hope its the dashcams that are they cause of it all now as they would be an easy fix

 

Thanks

Mark

It’s easy enough to hardwire them with a piggyback fuse tap. Will take about 10 mins to do if you already have the cam wires run down to the accessories socket

8 hours ago, TkdChef said:

Hi all

Probably a silly question, 

I have recently bough a 2011 fiesta econetic, I notice that the cigarette lighter is always live, I have dash cams installed which are now on motion sensor mode, but obviously  always running through day and night now. Is there an easy way, without hard wiring to change the cigarette lighter to only be active when the ignition is on for example, if not any suggestions?

 

Initially I thought was a problem with the car as I had to change the battery straight after buying, so I bought a Heavy Duty battery and a couple of times its been flat, i can only assume and hope its the dashcams that are they cause of it all now as they would be an easy fix

 

Thanks

Mark

I had the same,i just put a Hard wire kit on it working for ignition but attached it to a cigarette lighter end so i have the best of both,its very quick to do.

Thanks guys, very helpful.

Another probably silly question, I have a rear and a front camera at the moment, if I hardwire them in, if so can I earth them both to the same bolt? I assume it wouldnt matter if they touch each other for example? Can tell im abit clueless 

 

Thanks!

1 hour ago, TkdChef said:

Thanks guys, very helpful.

Another probably silly question, I have a rear and a front camera at the moment, if I hardwire them in, if so can I earth them both to the same bolt? I assume it wouldnt matter if they touch each other for example? Can tell im abit clueless 

 

Thanks!

Aye, that would be fine. Earth is Earth so you’re right it doesn’t matter if they touch. 

I have just changed cars so don’t have them wired in yet but I have a Street Guardian up front hard wired to a piggyback holder into the passenger fuse box via a power monitoring box. At the back I have a DP200 wired up to an ACC fuse piggyback in the fuse box. It’s not the best setup but it makes use of 2 cameras I already own, when one breaks I will change both to a Thinkware dual unit. 

 

Before you commit to hiding the wires from the rear cam under the headliner or carpet make sure you do a test of the camera running and the wires just laid on top of the carpet or taped to the headliner with masking tape. Some camera will stop the DAB radio or FM stereo working correctly, it could produce static when the heated ear screen is turned on or interfere with Bluetooth or speakers etc. If it does you will need to shield the wires but don’t worry about unless you have to. 

Great thanks, have ordered two of the kits I posted above, so will wait and see when they come if I have any luck installing though looks pretty straight forward

 

cheers for the advice, appreciate it and will update

Thanks again guys, I finally got round to buying two of the nextbase kits and installed them, now turn on and off with the ignition and was pretty easy

 

Thanks again for the tips