[Mod] Switched AUX power jacks - making them always hot
10-12-2014, 05:21 PM
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[Mod] Switched AUX power jacks - making them always hot
As you already know, the two front AUX (cigarette lighter) jacks are ignition switched.
I needed -at least- one of the front jacks to always be hot.
On my 2015 the relay that switches the frontward AUX jacks is located on the rear fuse panel:
Relay 4 is the responsible relay:
I'm sure there are many ways to be successful with this; here is the one I went with:
* Pull relay R4 straight out
* take a mini-fuse:
*with a pair of thin bladed wire cutters, cut away the plastic - extract the two blade terminals. Surprisingly, these terminals are the exact same width and thickness of the relay terminals:
*take a piece of wire which is a little larger/thicker than the blades themselves and solder it on the tops of each of these blade terminals:
(the assembly is sitting upside down in this pic, terminals pointing upwards)
carefully plug one terminal in the 11 o'clock position (now empty) relay 4 socket, and the other in the 5 o'clock positioned relay socket:
Though, this makes both frontwards AUX jacks hot all the time; but in my specific it's moot.
Another method would be to modify the pulled relay... and plug it back in.
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I needed -at least- one of the front jacks to always be hot.
On my 2015 the relay that switches the frontward AUX jacks is located on the rear fuse panel:
Relay 4 is the responsible relay:
I'm sure there are many ways to be successful with this; here is the one I went with:
* Pull relay R4 straight out
* take a mini-fuse:
*with a pair of thin bladed wire cutters, cut away the plastic - extract the two blade terminals. Surprisingly, these terminals are the exact same width and thickness of the relay terminals:
*take a piece of wire which is a little larger/thicker than the blades themselves and solder it on the tops of each of these blade terminals:
(the assembly is sitting upside down in this pic, terminals pointing upwards)
carefully plug one terminal in the 11 o'clock position (now empty) relay 4 socket, and the other in the 5 o'clock positioned relay socket:
Though, this makes both frontwards AUX jacks hot all the time; but in my specific it's moot.
Another method would be to modify the pulled relay... and plug it back in.
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Last edited by Mike Mercury; 12-08-2015 at 10:49 AM.
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12-08-2015, 04:05 PM
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By "aux" jacks, you mean the "lighter" sockets, correct?
This is a great mod that I haven't seen before. I rewired the lighter socket (and added a couple of extra ones) on my Miata, but that was a more complicated project. I'll be doing this very, very soon.
This is a great mod that I haven't seen before. I rewired the lighter socket (and added a couple of extra ones) on my Miata, but that was a more complicated project. I'll be doing this very, very soon.
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10-17-2022, 09:41 AM
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Looks like it will work but wouldn't that make the 2 sockets fuseless? If yes, I could see soldering leads to a fuse and then making this connection with the fuse in the circuit.
Wouldn't that be better than a straight hot wire or is there a fuse somewhere else in the circuit?
ELmer
Wouldn't that be better than a straight hot wire or is there a fuse somewhere else in the circuit?
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10-17-2022, 09:51 AM
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I don't believe that the relays have a fuse inside of them.
I would replace the insulated wire with buss wire. If you pick the correct diameter or gauge it would act as a fuse.
Or you could solder the pulled leads on to a fuse and lay it sideways where the relay was.
I would replace the insulated wire with buss wire. If you pick the correct diameter or gauge it would act as a fuse.
Or you could solder the pulled leads on to a fuse and lay it sideways where the relay was.
10-17-2022, 10:24 AM
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10-17-2022, 11:58 PM
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added link to the master list of how-to guides for c7 corvette stingray sticky thread.
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