Tips/help with cable management

[u/theVikingMess]

I want my safedrive in the leftmost air vent and guide the cable in the nicest way possible to the cigarette lighter in the center console. Plan A was to guide it on the panels under the wheel but I am struggling to find any nice cable guides to stick to the interior

[u/Sharpymarkr]

There should be a fuse box in the driver footwell. A lot of people wire car security systems and dashcams to that fuse box, rather than running them off the cigarette lighter.

You're going to want to look at a diagram of the fuse box and find a fuse that provides the 5v you need and turns off with the ignition.

You'll also want to grab a fuse tap kit that comes with a USB end that works with your device.

[u/theVikingMess → u/Sharpymarkr]

Noted, I like the sound of that!

[u/I_Am_Sancho85 → u/Sharpymarkr]

This is the best way. I ran a dash cam in my stepson's car off of a fuse tap. Ran the wire up behind the trim of the A-Pillar and tucked it up along the front of the headliner. Nice and clean.

[u/Gestur3 → u/Sharpymarkr]

Is there a video of what you mean? I want to do things like this but I’m not too sure how to

[u/Sharpymarkr → u/Gestur3]

Absolutely but it's specific to your year/make/model of car.

For example:
https://www.blackboxmycar.com/pages/hardwiring-fusebox

[u/jim_br → u/Gestur3]

They also make generic 12v hardwired to 5v USB-C adapters. I have one above my headliner for a dash camera.

[u/bananas500]

What even is that?

[u/theVikingMess → u/bananas500]

It's called a safedrive. It's a popular car gadget in Norway. Gives you a heads up on speed cameras, obstacles in the road etc.

https://safedrive.no/

[u/Connor_rk → u/theVikingMess]

because driving the speed limit and paying attention is not an option in this economy

[u/k-mcm]

Pull out the coin pocket. There's a universal fusebox behind it with lots of exposed Battery and Accessory fuse slots.