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Planning on hard wiring my radar detector and dash cam tomorrow.  Figured I would ask quickly on here to see if anyone had done so to interior fuse boxes with add-a-fuse already.  Hoping to hard wire radar detector in driver side box and cam in passenger.  Radar detector on with ignition and cam always on.

 

Anyone know off the top of their head which fuses would work?  Again, figured I'd ask and maybe save some time having to break out Fluke or circuit tester.

 

I think I saw a video on the Ventrue N4 hardwired to a 2020 Silverado, so I may try and find that again as well.

 

2022 Silverado 1500 LTD.

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I hardwired my radar detector into my passenger side fuse box with a fuse tap. You have to use a 3 pin fuse depending on which fuse you use.  Don't tap into anything inorganic that the truck needs to operate.  Use a hvac or something simple.

gemarsh Senior Enthusiast

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Where are you mounting the radar pickerupper? Do you have power going to your rearview mirror? I tapped the pins for power on the mirror for mine.

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Will Jenkins Enthusiast

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18 hours ago, gemarsh said:

Where are you mounting the radar pickerupper? Do you have power going to your rearview mirror? I tapped the pins for power on the mirror for mine.

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What radar is this?

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gemarsh Senior Enthusiast

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Escort Passport 8500.

 

ETA...Just received a new Escort Max360c. Going to pass the 8500 off to the work truck. Served me well. No tickets. Hope newer tech will do the same. 

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pcmem Enthusiast

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I tapped the pins for the mirror to connect the detector. Going to run a line to the pass side fuse block and try #23 for the camera.
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And see how that works.
fastk9dad Enthusiast

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Gen5DIY also sells a P&P harness for detectors. Can get one with a lead for a camera as well but it will be ignition switched (so no parking mode power). I purchased one for my Sierra, couldn't have been easier.

 

https://www.gen5diy.com/

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SporkLover Enthusiast

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My hardwire kit for my camera required two connectors to be connected to the fuse panel.  It needed a constant hot and something that was switched.  This is so it knows when to go into parking mode. 

 

I used F26 (three prong fuse) which is USB/SEO RAP and F3 (standard fuse) which is the Garage door opener. 

 

There are a number of good options for the three prong fuse.  F11, F32, F43, or F17.  I went with F26 because it was the easiest one for me to get my connector into. 

 

Ones you figure that part out it is quite simple to route cables and tuck them away nicely. 

 

One thing I will warn you about is that there is a TSB out there that hardwired kits seem to cause strange things electronically.  On my truck once in a blue moon I will get a tire sensor not reading.  As soon as I unplug the camera it fixes itself.  I just live with it now. 

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For anyone else looking for this data, apparently all of the fuses in the driver side fuse panel are always powered.  In order to wire the radar detector I had to run the wire across the headliner, down the driver side A pillar.  Mounted the ground wire behind driver side kick plate and then had to use 18 ga wire to extend the load wire under the dashboard all the way over to the passenger side fuse panel.  Used F20 for seat ventiliation/cooling.

 

So if you have the option to mount the detector below or to the right of the mirror to hide the wires along the passenger side roof and A pillar, it will be much easier.

 

Waiting on the hardwire kit for the Vantrue N4 to show up...but F3 (Universal Garage Door) will be the fuse I use for it.  Was able to find multiple videos to help find what fuse they were using.

luke1333 Enthusiast

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On 4/2/2022 at 10:32 PM, gemarsh said:

Where are you mounting the radar pickerupper? Do you have power going to your rearview mirror? I tapped the pins for power on the mirror for mine.

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I did the exact same thing, worked perfectly

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On 4/3/2022 at 8:38 PM, pcmem said:

I tapped the pins for the mirror to connect the detector. Going to run a line to the pass side fuse block and try #23 for the camera.
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And see how that works.

 

I don't have auto-dimming mirror.  Didn't take the mirror cover off to see if the wiring and everything is still there that I could have tapped into anyway.  If I run into any issues or end up needing to re-wire anything down the road I'll keep that in mind.

 

On a side note, trying to figure out how I'm going to mount the rear camera.  Have the sliding rear window, so can't mount it to the window itself.  Trying to find a bracket or something else that might allow me to mount the rear cam to that I could then mount to the trim above the rear window.

 

There is also a tie town point (I assume for child seat) behind the middle head rest that sticks up slightly that I could use, but I would have to imagine that a rear camera will work better mounted at the top of the window than at the bottom.

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I wired mine to the passenger fuse box, running the wire along the headliner and down the pillar. There is a free spade terminal that is keyed to the ignition - on when the start button is pressed...when the truck is turned off it stays on until the door is opened. dont even need to occupy fuse location. I wired an inline fuse. Sorry I cant remember exactly which terminal.

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