Piggyback/tap connector for stock cig socket wire?

stubble

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Does anyone make a piggyback connector for the stock cig lighter? I know i could just tap the wire but a nice connector might be cleaner. Want to hardwire gps and radar on the dash rail.

Or a source for that specific connector?
 

Stef

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The wiring to that connector is not robust. I wouldn't piggyback anything off of it. Get an aux fuse box or something like a PDM-60 to wire up your accessories.
 

Checkswrecks

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The problem with the cig lighter wire is it's set up with a 3 amp fuse because the wiring is such a small gage. Try just replacing the fuse with a heavier one and you risk melting the adjacent critical wires. The 3A fuse is about enough for one small item, but not multiple, so +1 to what Stef wrote.

If it's about cost and simplicity, you could just add a relay and new fuse. In the wire diagram below, the switch wire would be the connection to the cig lighter. The nice part other than simplicity is that with this you can add additional items to relay pin 87 in the future.
 
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