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Old Apr 11, 2023
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Accessory power with ignition off

I would like to wire an accessory so it has power without the key being in the ignition. Is anyone aware of the best way to do this? I couldn't find any fuses that have power without the key in ignition.
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Re: Accessory power with ignition off

Do you have a sunroof? Fuse 7 (20A) seems to be the only one with constant power in the under-dash box. It's the battery feed for the sunroof.

There's a battery feed to the radio, cluster, and under-dash fuse box. Wouldn't be difficult to tap into them. Or run a wire from the battery through the firewall.
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Re: Accessory power with ignition off

What do you plan to run ?

Be careful adding additional load to existing circuits... they are fused according to expected load.

Adding an LED light is way different than adding an amplifier,
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Re: Accessory power with ignition off

No sunroof unfortunately. I would like to wire up some low power LED lights (with a switch to turn on or off).
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