How To - Add a Fuse Tap in Your Vehicle

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If you add a new device in your vehicle, you must tackle the task of providing the correct type of power to the device and potentially supplying that power via a hardwired connection to your vehicle's fuse panel.

This video discusses what the various power source types are (switched, switched - with retained accessory power, unswitched), shows you the common fuse and fuse tap types on the market today and it has examples of locating a fuse socket in a fuse box to use with a fuse tap.

🔷Another "easier" way to test for fuse socket power and avoid using the 1/2 fuse testing approach is to use the fuse tap itself with a fuse in the top fuse socket of the fuse tap. In this approach, you test for power by inserting the fuse tap and then checking for power at the end of the red wire coming out of the fuse tap (as shown at 11:00 in the video). If you don't have power with the fuse tap in that position, rotate the fuse tap 180 degrees and test again. Once you find the correct orientation for the fuse tap in the fuse socket, you can install the original fuse from the fuse box fuse socket in the lower fuse socket of the fuse tap. If there was no fuse in the fuse box fuse socket then you should not have any fuse in the lower fuse socket of the fuse tap.

⏲ Video Chapters ⏲

00:00 - Intro
00:23 - Power Source Types
02:01 - Fuse Types
02:11 - Locate Fuse Socket for Fuse Tap
04:10 - Fuse Tap Overview
05:43 - Testing Fuse Socket Power
11:15 - Final Thoughts

The FAQ video will discuss (link above):

🔷How can you calculate the maximum amperage fuse that can be added using a fuse tap in a fuse socket?

🔷How does wire gauge (size) factor into the maximum amperage and the longest length of the wire / circuit for the new accessory?

🔷When might it be better to use a relay to supply power to the new accessory and use the fuse tap power to control the relay?

🔷See the pinned / first comment for this video for additional info!

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