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lol dammit. Here it is. It’s a nut in the passenger footwell. All the more reason to leave the extra wire slack here.
How were you able to secure the ground wire from the dashcam hardwire kit to the grounding nut in the passenger footwell? Im not able to remove that nut or stick the C shape end of the ground wire around it (not wide enough). Any suggestion on what you did?
If you use a fuse tap device such as https://www.autozone.com/starting-ch...-tap/32416_0_0, it won't matter which fuse location you tap into. The way this device works is you pull a fuse out of the fuse block and plug it into this fuse tap, along with a second fuse to feed your dash cam. You plug the fuse tap into the fuse block, and it restores fusing to the original fuse circuit and provides an independent fused circuit to your dash cam. This is a much better solution than sharing an existing fuse and risking an accidental fuse failure that could disable your vehicle in unexpected ways. Be sure to plug the fuse tap in the correct way -- the pigtail lead should only be hot when the second fuse is inserted. If it remains hot even with the fuse out, reverse the tap's orientation.
Best way to check for an always hot connection is first thing in the morning after the vehicle has been parked overnight.
Overnight works but usually an hour is enough. Just leave the doors open so it doesn’t start any electronics.
How were you able to secure the ground wire from the dashcam hardwire kit to the grounding nut in the passenger footwell? Im not able to remove that nut or stick the C shape end of the ground wire around it (not wide enough). Any suggestion on what you did?
You can cut off a little bit of the c spades to widen it. Or change the spades.
thanks for sharing the installation, it is really hard to find a procedure for the G Wagon. However, I just wondering should be the fuse tap plug in other way around since on the fuse tap the far end leg is +12 V? What I tested was the bottom of the fuse slot in the fuse box is +12V