Installing a dashcam (with naked pics...)

[Rei]

Thanks for the great photos, very helpful. I might have a go at taking the front off like you did.

So which fuses are which? Permanent and switched I mean.

 

[Joningy]

Thanks for the great photos, very helpful. I might have a go at taking the front off like you did.

So which fuses are which? Permanent and switched I mean.

I'm just searching the manual now @Rei will let if you know which numbers I used, but if you look carefully at the pic I've ringed,

It's the top empty fuse F10 which is permanent live and the other 3 pin, switched is one of the 3 x 3 pin fuses 44 or 45, but just put a meter across them to make sure I've remebered the correct way around.
Just amended to 44 or 45, but please check, but you definitely can turn off the ignition (funny word for an EV) and sit in the car, making it a lot easier.

 

[Rei]

Thanks, I think you are right, F10 is permanent live. I think I'll have to take the front off to get to the other one. F44 and F45 make sense.

Does the front part just clip in like the side part, once you remove that bolt?

 

[Joningy]

I'm just searching the manual now @Rei will let if you know which numbers I used, but if you look carefully at the pic I've ringed,

It's the top empty fuse F10 which is permanent live and the other 3 pin, switched is one of the 3 x 3 pin fuses 44 or 45, but just put a meter across them to make sure I've remebered the correct way around.
Just amended to 44 or 45, but please check, but you definitely can turn off the ignition (funny word for an EV) and sit in the car, making it a lot easier.

You need to give it a good tug, there are two phillips screws to the right hand side, under to remove before the cover can be yanked off, feels pretty brutal, but nothing broke!

Thanks, I think you are right, F10 is permanent live. I think I'll have to take the front off to get to the other one. F44 and F45 make sense.

Does the front part just clip in like the side part, once you remove that bolt?

 

[Joningy]

Yes unscrew the two Phillips head screws under the side panel, then pull it towards you, needs a good tug, there's a press in/ yank out clip to the left of the steering column, tricky to get fingers in the gap, but it does give you much better access and a good view of the fuse box with it dropped down a few inches, I did not remove it totally.
I did mine in the garage, due to the drizzle, but used a head torch, also cut my thumb badly picking up a tool from the car floor and picked up a Stanley knife by the blade, bled like f***, fortunately managed to stem it with a rag before wifey got the plasters out, needed some insulting tape too, it bled for half an hour, fortunately not inside the car.
Already had a blood test at 9am, I reckon I lost more than the nurse took
Surprisingly difficult to work and take photos with right thumb virtually out of action.

 

[securespark]

As a spark, I would advise against using vaseline. Being petroleum based, it can break down plastics, including PVC.

Odd as it would seem, I would use KY Jelly (other brands are available). It's water based and won't harm the cables.

There are similar products made for dragging cables in, but they come in huge containers and they can't be used for other (ahem!) purposes when you've done the job.

 

[Joningy]

As a spark, I would advise against using vaseline. Being petroleum based, it can break down plastics, including PVC.

Odd as it would seem, I would use KY Jelly (other brands are available). It's water based and won't harm the cables.

There are similar products made for dragging cables in, but they come in huge containers and they can't be used for other (ahem!) purposes when you've done the job.

I will enquire of the said "jelly" stuff @securespark, just in case at 77 I am lucky enough to need it (as a cable draw through assistive product of course!) are there other usess then?

 

[mystreet]

I will enquire of the said "jelly" stuff @securespark, just in case at 77 I am lucky enough to need it (as a cable draw through assistive product of course!) are there other usess then?

1. Remove too-tight rings. Better than butter, and cheaper too! Have you priced butter recently? Robbery!

2. Open (or close) a stuck zipper. Just dab a small bit of K-Y onto the stuck portion of the zipper on last year’s coat. It’ll be slipping and sliding and zipping again before you know it.

3. Unstick a screw or bolt that won’t loosen.

4. A necklace that won’t un-knot. Nothing worse than having your outfit and jewelry picked out for a date, and finding your necklace in knots. Before giving up, slap some K-Y on it and see if it doesn’t wiggle free.

First 4 of 18, apparently

 

[securespark]

I will enquire of the said "jelly" stuff @securespark, just in case at 77 I am lucky enough to need it (as a cable draw through assistive product of course!) are there other usess then?

I use the commercial stuff for drawing cables through. Reduces friction and heat and prevents damage to the sheath. This is sounding all very "Ooh, Matron!", isn't it?!

 

[5teep]

I will enquire of the said "jelly" stuff @securespark, just in case at 77 I am lucky enough to need it (as a cable draw through assistive product of course!) are there other usess then?

Will be fun asking for it at the chemist.

 

[tsedge]

That's a new one to use for sure - "I am just fitting a dashcam!".