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2012 Yukon SLT, bought a loaded Buick roof console off ebay. My console has Lear only, replacement has Homelink with 12-12-13 build date sticker. Plan is to swap buttons/ module as mentioned elsewhere.. $45 free shipping!
It got me pondering future projects that involve power. Eventually the dash cam and radar detector will be powered from top, and need to find source of power.
My plan was to just snake 12awg through A pillar, across roof above headliner, etc to console. Is there a place I can tap off 12v and draw say 4 or 5, maybe 8 amps already? Actually, it would be 40watts max off PD hub, so 12v would be 40/12=3.5 rounding up = 4 amps.
Is sunroof harness typically already there and just not used? I know, that would be too easy...
I use LED already, could I steal power from map / courtesy lights? Is 12v there all the time?
And going just a little bit further... anyone figure out how to change the back-lit face of a sunroof in/out switch and make there own that looks nice and says... perhaps Rockets or Missiles? And still retain back-lit? Plan was to get another console for my Yukon, loaded with sunroof and liftgate, and re-use those switches. Won't use bcm tie in though if I can avoid it.
2012 Yukon SLT, bought a loaded Buick roof console off ebay. My console has Lear only, replacement has Homelink with 12-12-13 build date sticker. Plan is to swap buttons/ module as mentioned elsewhere.. $45 free shipping!
It got me pondering future projects that involve power. Eventually the dash cam and radar detector will be powered from top, and need to find source of power.
My plan was to just snake 12awg through A pillar, across roof above headliner, etc to console. Is there a place I can tap off 12v and draw say 4 or 5, maybe 8 amps already? Actually, it would be 40watts max off PD hub, so 12v would be 40/12=3.5 rounding up = 4 amps.
Is sunroof harness typically already there and just not used? I know, that would be too easy...
I use LED already, could I steal power from map / courtesy lights? Is 12v there all the time?
And going just a little bit further... anyone figure out how to change the back-lit face of a sunroof in/out switch and make there own that looks nice and says... perhaps Rockets or Missiles? And still retain back-lit? Plan was to get another console for my Yukon, loaded with sunroof and liftgate, and re-use those switches. Won't use bcm tie in though if I can avoid it.
