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hardwiring electrical 12v accessories in dash ? 98 accord coupe ex
Hi guys,
So I upgraded from my 91 hatchback civic std to a nice 98 accord coupe ex stick shift with leather and coolness. Now my old car didnt even have a lighter which hurt me like hell being the gadget freak that I am. So more than anything else , I was most happy about the 12v outlet that I got. I can finally charge my cell phone like everyone else Goddammit. OK the next problem was how to plug in the mp3 player, which I did with an pie aux input converter. Now I have a few other devices which are demanding that 12v socket for themselves. For eg: gps, pocket pc, cell phone, AA charger, mp3 player, digital camera etc etc. I thought that the best way to solve this without making an entanglement of wires was to hard wire them in to the electrical system somehow and hide the wires. So I can keep the 12v outlet free and hardwire other regualar stuff under the dash. I also foresee that i may replace/remove/upgrade/sell some of the devices, so their chargers cant exactly be soldered in directly. So I bought this thing http://www.lenmar.com/details.asp?model=SPP04 intending to wire it to the car and sticking it hidden under the dash somewhere. This way I am only cutting off one lighter head and not all of all the chargers. And this also allows me to unplug and remove a charger if needed(the hidden wiring will be done is a semi-permanent kind of way) About the current requirements, since most devices are electronic, I dont foresee more than the standard 10amps fuse being needed. Now I want to ask you experts how I should hardwire this 4 socket cigg outlet to the car 12v system? I did lots of research and found about fuse-taps , but I found it was not recommended cuz it damages the fuse holder. Even when I decided to do it anyway, I found that my car actually has those tiny fuses, not the same size as my old civic! I dont even know if there are fuse taps for this size. I was also hoping there would be some unused fuse in there that I could use? like the seat heater, which my car doesnt have? Do such fuses have no power connected at all? Is there any other way which does not involve cutting up factory wiring and that I can do as an amateur? and if you do have to splice wires, which ones? Please help Thanks, 3ntropy |
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