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Best place to get 12V power C300 trunk
Hey Folks,
I'm helping a buddy install a backup camera on a w205 c300. Everything went smoothly and we ended up pulling power for the cameras wireless transmitter from one of the wires going to the license plate lights.
Everything worked great, but after a few uses the license plate light warning came on and the car cut power to the transmitter. If I remove the transmitter the lights start working again. I assume this is drawing too much - is there a better place to pull 12V power from in the trunk?
I'm helping a buddy install a backup camera on a w205 c300. Everything went smoothly and we ended up pulling power for the cameras wireless transmitter from one of the wires going to the license plate lights.
Everything worked great, but after a few uses the license plate light warning came on and the car cut power to the transmitter. If I remove the transmitter the lights start working again. I assume this is drawing too much - is there a better place to pull 12V power from in the trunk?
Cheers,
Mike
Hi
Try to use one of the fuses in the trunk, just twist the wire around one ofte legs of the fuse
That's a bad idea, as it won't protect the camera if there's a short. Buy an add-a-fuse kit. Get them at any autozone, walmart, pepboys, amazon, etc. There are a number of switched and unswitched power locations in the trunk. Look for an install thread on here for the blackvue 2-channel camera. The trunk locations are clearly shown there.
08-26-2018, 07:24 PM
