Kazer
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- City, State
- Sneads Ferry, NC
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2001 Excursion PSD
This is my first kinda sorta write up, so please be easy on me.
Okay, this really wasn’t difficult enough for a write up, but why not.
I’m always charging my phone on the go in my ex but I hated the bulkyness of those usb cigarette lighter adapters, so I wanted to put in a usb power point.
Pictures and instructions follow:
Start by removing the top section of the center console (7MM) Picture courtesy of BigRondo
Pry from rear as indicated by the arrows. Pictures courtesy of BigRondo
Next, I went to the auto parts store and picked up an aftermarket cigarette lighter, in-line fuse holder, and a 15amp fuse.
Attach the fuse holder to some 16 gauge wire and it down to the driver side footwell behind the lower part of the center console
I tapped the power wire into the delayed accessory fuse up under the dash by the hood release (after realizing i wanted to tap into an existing fuse, i knew i porbably didnt need the 15amp in line fuse but i wired it in anyways. you will definitely need that inline fuse if you wire directly to the battery)
This is where I ran another wire and where I grounded it
Here you are
I found an extra usb plate thingy off my girlfriend’s brothers custom built computer and figured it was perfect
Mark and cut!
Mounted in the hole
The usb thingy I found was female on both sides and it mounted to the black front plate, so I did some splicing and whatnot to get a male to male connector
Plug all the wires into their respective homes and you get this
Put it all back together and you have a nice factory looking usb charger
And there you go!
enjoy
Okay, this really wasn’t difficult enough for a write up, but why not.
I’m always charging my phone on the go in my ex but I hated the bulkyness of those usb cigarette lighter adapters, so I wanted to put in a usb power point.
Pictures and instructions follow:
Start by removing the top section of the center console (7MM) Picture courtesy of BigRondo
Pry from rear as indicated by the arrows. Pictures courtesy of BigRondo
Next, I went to the auto parts store and picked up an aftermarket cigarette lighter, in-line fuse holder, and a 15amp fuse.
Attach the fuse holder to some 16 gauge wire and it down to the driver side footwell behind the lower part of the center console
I tapped the power wire into the delayed accessory fuse up under the dash by the hood release (after realizing i wanted to tap into an existing fuse, i knew i porbably didnt need the 15amp in line fuse but i wired it in anyways. you will definitely need that inline fuse if you wire directly to the battery)
This is where I ran another wire and where I grounded it
Here you are
I found an extra usb plate thingy off my girlfriend’s brothers custom built computer and figured it was perfect
Mark and cut!
Mounted in the hole
The usb thingy I found was female on both sides and it mounted to the black front plate, so I did some splicing and whatnot to get a male to male connector
Plug all the wires into their respective homes and you get this
Put it all back together and you have a nice factory looking usb charger
And there you go!
enjoy