Question: 12V power socket in the trunk
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Question: 12V power socket in the trunk
Good afternoon fellows,
Last night, I installed a dashcam which I ran the power cable to the trunk and plug it into that 12V socket we have by the driver side tail light location. Now I am encountering an issue, the device won’t power off even after car is off & locked for a long time. This device, Thinkware F800, has parking mode which I selected to disable already.
My question is, does that particular power socket supply power continuously even when we shut off the car? Or is it the case that I just happen to have a defective dashcam. I am very concerned because those dashcam devices do not behave in this way on my other cars. They are usually turned off a coupe of minutes after the car is shut & locked. Certainly I don’t want to risk messing up the battery in the car.
Thank you you in advance for any feedbacks and thoughts. Have a nice weekend.
Last night, I installed a dashcam which I ran the power cable to the trunk and plug it into that 12V socket we have by the driver side tail light location. Now I am encountering an issue, the device won’t power off even after car is off & locked for a long time. This device, Thinkware F800, has parking mode which I selected to disable already.
My question is, does that particular power socket supply power continuously even when we shut off the car? Or is it the case that I just happen to have a defective dashcam. I am very concerned because those dashcam devices do not behave in this way on my other cars. They are usually turned off a coupe of minutes after the car is shut & locked. Certainly I don’t want to risk messing up the battery in the car.
Thank you you in advance for any feedbacks and thoughts. Have a nice weekend.
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Please forgive this ignorant question:. I just took delivery of a 2019 AMG GT roadster, which of course comes with a trickle charger. A mechanic at the local MB dealership suggested to only trickle charge using the under hood connection. Is it safe to use the 12V socket in the trunk for the trickle charger?
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Please forgive this ignorant question:. I just took delivery of a 2019 AMG GT roadster, which of course comes with a trickle charger. A mechanic at the local MB dealership suggested to only trickle charge using the under hood connection. Is it safe to use the 12V socket in the trunk for the trickle charger?
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I would love to understand the rational for that.I suspect there is a fuse on the cig lighter trunk connection.
In theory over a long term that could pop and let your battery go down but otherwise there is no reason that I can think of.
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The manual states to use the charger specifically with the trunk adapter, and makes no mention of a time frame. I last week took the cover off of my GT R and unplugged the charger from that specific adapter after 4 months and the Li battery was fully charged and the car fired immediately up.
Moral: just do what the manual tells you to do; not some random dealership employee; many of whom have no idea what they’re talking about.
Bish
Moral: just do what the manual tells you to do; not some random dealership employee; many of whom have no idea what they’re talking about.
Bish
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19 AMG GT R, 20 Porsche Cayenne
The manual states to use the charger specifically with the trunk adapter, and makes no mention of a time frame. I last week took the cover off of my GT R and unplugged the charger from that specific adapter after 4 months and the Li battery was fully charged and the car fired immediately up.
Moral: just do what the manual tells you to do; not some random dealership employee; many of whom have no idea what they’re talking about.
Bish
Moral: just do what the manual tells you to do; not some random dealership employee; many of whom have no idea what they’re talking about.
Bish
Interestingly enough, my Porsche dealer told me similar thing for my 911 winter storage, they even gave me a connector with clamps to hook up the port near the battery. All I did for the past couple years was to plug the trickle charger into the cigarette power outlet in the center console, everything has been great until now.
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Please forgive this ignorant question:. I just took delivery of a 2019 AMG GT roadster, which of course comes with a trickle charger. A mechanic at the local MB dealership suggested to only trickle charge using the under hood connection. Is it safe to use the 12V socket in the trunk for the trickle charger?
