Hardwiring a radar detector

[91318isguy]

Hi everyone,

Hope all are doing well since I've been on last? I looked through the first 2 pages of the electrical threads and I didn't notice anything that jumped out at me regarding the request above (so I apologize ahead of time for the assailng of deceased equines).

I notice that the fuse box has one or two open circuits (nothing is operated by those spaces). Has anyone over hardwired anything (particularly a radar detector, but anything will work for suggestions) into the fuse box? I was going to check how much the detector drew (since it runs off the cigarette lighter, it probably takes a few amps) and try to hardwire it in there.

Am I correct in thinking its easy as 1-2-3? Just disconnect the negative, undo the fuse box from the body and connect the positive and negative wires and input a properly amped fuse (ex. 7.5, 10, etc.)?

I need to get some nice pics for you guys from my finished project from the past few months as well. I'll try to remember to get some this weekend (if I can also find the wire that lets me download images onto the computer, that would be great too. :eek:)

[ak96ss]

Nope, not that easy. This is the bottom of the fuse box:



You should have a small auxiliary fuse box off to the side that you can use, though.

[twinpop171]

http://www.m42club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41

This one isn't wired into the fuse box but would probably work for you.
Good luck, Dan.

[christophbmw]

there are other ways to hardwire a radar, and still have it look and function profesionally. For example you could run a relay off of the radio "turn-on" wire and run a fused link to the detector (there are many other ways to, going off the fuse box is probabally your most difficult way).