Dashcam fitting

Hi All,

I'm looking to wire a dashcam into the fusebox with a kit from Halfrods. Anyone have experience with these as in which fuse to put it into or any other advice?

I preseme i use the fusebox under the driver side foot box...

Does one of them wires have a in line fuse ?
If yes no need to connect to fuse box
Just pick up a live feed from cigarette lighter/radio or ignition

You just need to find a live that is only live when the ignition is on. Or an earth that is only earthed when the ignition is on with the Jimny as most of the electrics are switched via the earth.

I personally would use that on my to switch a relay and give it it's own fused power. That way you cannot overload whatever you are stealing the power from and it has it's own fuse. You can buy relays with a fuse holder built in.

Kirkynut

Hi and thanks. Yes the fuse insert does have a fuse on it. According to the instructions is piggybacks a fuse that is used once power is on. I've wired it into the washer (wiper) fuse and earthed it to the speaker screw that attaches to the main body work. All seems to work fine.
Below are some pictures of what I did in case it's any help to anybody, though I would add the disclaimer that I'm not much of a tech wiz like some of the folk on here. Anyhow I've always wanted to give something back to this fantastic forum!
Arrow in this image is the piggyback fuse unit. One slot seems to be for the power supply and the other is for the washer 15 fuse:

That's a neat solution. My only concern is that the wire feeding that fuse is rated only for the wipers and Suzuki haven't historically used the best quality wiring!

Kirkynut

Oh. Do you think I should use one of those spare slots? I guess I could test if it is 'live on ignition' just by seeing if the cam has power when the keys out?
I can't seem to find an accurate diagram of what's live and what's not in the Suzuki manual.
The hard wire instructions did say the fuse it connects to doesn't matter as long as it's live on ignition? Do you think that can be trusted.
Thanks for your advice.

T