ethanrsklar

Hi all!

I just got my first Benz, an '03 W203 C240. I'm looking to fuse tap my dashcam. Where would be the best fuse location to do so? Thanks!

jggarcia.vc

There's a fuse box located on the driver side dash on the side I've never tapped into any fuses GL.

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slammer111

To be honest I'd look in the mirror assembly. Pretty sure there are some switched wires that can be used if your camera doesn't draw too much juice.

angelusnhc

did you ever find a place to hardwire your cam? i wanna do that as well

ethanrsklar

I honestly haven’t had the chance to look, been busy with other things and I have my focus on other Interior stuff but I’ll be taking a look soon. I’ll quote you again and update you once I finally hardwire it.

thank you all for your help btw, it is greatly appreciated!

angelusnhc

did you ever get yours hard wired? i ran my dashcam to the cig lighter. but i want to hard wire my radar detector. i bought the hard wire kit but idk where to tap it for power

VenomX

Any update ? All the fuses in the front dash are permanent live. I have checked with a multimeter
My lighter socket is usually taken and is in the centre console so not possible there.

Is there anywhere in the boot/trunk which would work ? Needs to be ignition live and not permanent

Miky_

Seems like there's no solution at all. Got a GLC 300e X253 from 2022, and they started to remove the fuse responsible for the 12V after ignition, on every vehicle starting from 2020,to force people to purchase their inbuilt dashcam.
On another thread, one guy succesfully mananged to wire his dashcm, but he had to solder some wires on the radar hidden in the central mirror housing.