usb cable hardwire

[John B]

Hi all I'm fitting a dash cam and was wondering is it possible to cut the fitting of the end of the cable and wire it directly into the interior light ?? Cheers

 

[zippy656]

God no!!

Car is 12v

USB 5v

 

[Lazy-Ferret]

As Zippy says... no...

If you lokk on my "Jiggly" thread, there are pictures and a link to a way you can do it with a module from Ebay.

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[zippy656]

As Zippy says... no...


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Cool, got something right again !!

 

[Sweety]

You can buy hard wire kits that step down the voltage & use an add a fuse connector (look on evilbay) & connect it to an ignition live in the fuse box:thumbs

 

[panelbeater]

ajusterble voltage step down about £3 from bay.make sure you have a meter on it to adjust volt down though.fitted one for my shower in van,shower uses 6v.

 

[Mobieus_uk]

you can get a voltage regulator for less than a £1, depends on how envolved you want to get into it, you can buy a prebuilt unit for a couple of ££ or you can look a little into electronics and come up with something like a L7805CV voltage regulator and fit that, the important thing is the current draw of the dash cam, its unlikely to be higher than 1A so a voltage regulator will do the trick, very tiny and can be hidden easily (might need a heatsink though)
personally it depends on the mood, sometimes I want to build and understand and other times I'm happy to use something prebuilt

 

[clivvy]

if it helps, I did the Lazy-Ferret mod (brilliant idea by the way Clive) and it works a proper treat.

I used a bit of Sugru as well for fixing the USB to the light control unit - looks pretty good. Very easy job as well.

 

[kitchenman]

12V to 5V USB

Try this
http://www.eachbuyer.com/12v-to-5v-usb-dc-dc-buck-converter-car-power-supply-regulator-p174591.html