Hello everyone! I constantly have the cord from my dash cam plugged into the cigarette lighter. I already have the wire ran through the headliner and pillars and everything, but I wish I didn't have to always see the wire plugged into the cigarette lighter. I have attached a picture of what it looks like right now. I still need the capability to plug and unplug the wire, so I don't want anything hardwired. I just can't think of an idea, but maybe someone with a more creative imagination can chime in and help! Thanks!
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I tapped into the accessory power socket located behind a square plastic cover below the parking break.
There is a socket next to the socket where you would plug in a trailer break controller. Of the 5 or 6 pins in the socket one is ground, one is 12v constant, and one is 12v switched by the ignition. I made a harness that plugs onto the ground and 12v switched on one end and has two cigarette style sockets on the other.
I have a permanent dash mount for my GPS and cell phone so I plugged their power supplies into those two sockets, zip tide every thing up neatly, and tucked it up out of the way.
When I shut the vehicle off the power is cut off to the chargers and my GPS senses the change and powers down. No worries about a parasitic draw when I am not running and no visible power supplies.