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HOW TO: Hardwire Phone Charger


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One cigarette lighter is never enough!

So I decided to install a triple adapter, stealth

And also hard wire a phone charger to a compartment.

Pretty simply to do and takes about an hour.

I got my cigarette lighter splitter from eBay as well as the charge, set me back $5 for both

You can also install a GPS or whatever you please that runs from your cigarette lighter

First off you want to remove your dash (guide)

Find the RED power wire that goes to your cigarette lighter and cut it off. Same for the GROUND wire

You could splice into it, but I don't plug anything in there anyway so off it goes.

Strip the ends off all wires and wire them up. Don't forget to solder and heatshrink

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The triple split adapter

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Drill a hole in the middle drawer compartment of your dash small enough to feed the cable through.

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Cut the end off your charger. feed it through and then solder and heathsirnk the ends. Or electrical tape if you don't have the right size heatshrink :D

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Theres the plug wired up and heatshrinked

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I applied tape to the back of the drawer to stop it from moving. Bit tacky but no one can see it anyway.

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The plug in the compartment just waiting for an iDevice

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Plug the charger into your cigarette lighter, clean up behind your dash and reassemble everything

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Just to prove it works :P

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Thats it guys, really simple guide.

But it always handy to be able to charge your phone, stealthly.

Nothing worse than a big dirty phone charger sitting on your dash.

Any questions, post em up

Callum

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