Installing a speed camera detector

[N 5TU C]

After recently purchasing a snooper, I was just wondering the best route to take when fitting the 'perminant' power wire?

I am sick of the bungy wire being in the way of my stereo!!

Having just looked at my car, i think the best way (from the cig lighter) is to send it through and behind the passenger footwell, up past the fuse box and up to the base of the a-pillar? then along the the front of the windscreen OR under the plastic insert fan outlet?

Any help or links to some instructions would be great, cheers guys

Stu C

 

[MattW]

I've got to do the same thing for my Road Angel. I was looking at pulling power from the back of the digital clock (or that area), then up the side of the rubber insert for the dash cut out. Have no idea if it's practical though!!!! as i haven't had time to look at it yet.

 

[Daz]

What I've done in my Williams is install a new cig lighter under the dash running off the main cig lighter - then plugged my Road Angel into that.

That way, you keep the fuse in the RA plug and you don't cut any wires etc..

 

[Lee]

What I've done in my Williams is install a new cig lighter under the dash running off the main cig lighter - then plugged my Road Angel into that.

That way, you keep the fuse in the RA plug and you don't cut any wires etc..

Genius, I'm going to do that for my b2.

I had to solder the dam cig lighter plug today as one of the wires had come off again.

 

[Daz]

Genius, I'm going to do that for my b2.

I had to solder the dam cig lighter plug today as one of the wires had come off again.

Hehe.

I got one of those Cig lighters with crocodile clips on the end.. cut the clips off, and soldered them into the original cig lighter plug at the back.

Cost like, £4 or something I think.

 

[fUbAr]

Here's what I did...

Hard wired the device into the wiring for the cigarette lighter.

here is a pic of what i did (black wires are new wires, and car is an RS-1)

 

[Lee]

Is there no fuse fubar? The b2 has a fuse in the fag lighter plug.

 

[fUbAr]

well Lee... that black wire ^ ^ is actually the wire for the cigarette socket extension that i bought for £4.99. The other end of the extension is hidded in the depths under the gearstick plastic centre thingamybob somewhere.

Into the extension i have plugged my tomtom Go, which uses the original tomtom fag lead with fuse and inverter.

i just thought posting that pic would be useful. I only did it on friday too

 

[Lee]

Excellent, similar to how Daz did it then. I'll have to go get me a cable to allow me to do that. I could use my fag lighter to charge my phone and blue tooth headset, but never like unplugging the b2.

 

[fUbAr]

yeah, a 10ft extension cost me £4.99.

I chopped it off at about 2ft and threw the rest away

 

[fUbAr]

Lee, if you have lots of things to charge, why not get a Fag Socket Splitter. This will give you the same effect, but will have 3 sockets on the end instead of 1 which you can still hide away

 

[Lee]

Sorted, I'm going to order one from here: http://www.speeding.co.uk/acatalog/Powering.html

 

[fUbAr]

quite expensive to be chopping the end off....

clearly you have too much money

 

[Lee]

I won't bother chopping the end off, I'll just use it as it is. I'll just get the double one. That's enough to cover what I've got in the car. I only ever need a second one if my phone is going flat.

Ordered.