Hardwiring radar detector
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This is the fuse tap I used along with a flag style connector.
Fuse Tap on cargo compartment 12v accessory socket circuit.
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Thanks. I did read your thread on adding an extra 12v outlet. I was hoping for an easier way to hardwire a radar detector. Hopefully someone in the future can point out exactly which wire to tap into from the rear mirror area. You are ZAZARU5 from the other site, right?
I installed a 12v accessory socket in the center console. I could not find an "ignition" switched circuit in the passenger foot well fuse panel or in the driver side dashboard fuse panel. The design of the fuse panel with safety latches on one edge of the fuse interferes with using a typical piggyback fuse tap. I ended up running a wire on the passenger side along the outer edge of the floor under the door threshold trim and tapping into the existing 12v accessory socket fuse in the panel under under the subfloor storage compartment. This was a little extra work, but I like the idea of sharing the circuit with the 12v accessory socket in the cargo area which I do not use while driving.
This is the fuse tap I used along with a flag style connector.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
This is the fuse tap I used along with a flag style connector.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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So, I can confirm that the USB-C ports on EQS SUV shut off after about 5 min after turning off the car. So technically one can hardwire a radar detector to the USB port through the usual route. But, because I have the acoustic package with IR glass, I can't put my radar detector on the driver's side next to the mirror! It's either on the right of the mirror (my Uniden R7 won't fit from that small opening on the glass) or very low in the center of the windshield. If I place my radar detector there, I can't really hardwire it because the detector is not reachable (muting) during driving. I really should have bought an EQS without the acoustic package.
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