Visor Monitor Cig Lighter Hardwire Possible??

[frosales 10+ year member]

My friend gave me a deal on 2 brand new visor monitors. They will fit my car perfect, but there's one problem. They have cigarette lighter adapter. I don't want to mess with plugging them in and out everytime I want to use them. Does anyone have any suggestions on hard wiring these monitors? They are generic monitors called Super SP-VM7010. Thanks!!

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[Logikalliquid 10+ year member]

either cut the cig adapters off and hard wire that to a 12v source or buy a multiport cig thingy and hard wire that to a 12v source and plug the monitors in there.

 

[Slody4Futbol 10+ year member]

yep.. just make sure it's not like an XM unit... make sure it is 12v in... and 12v out

 

[frosales 10+ year member]

but there's a fuse in the inside of the ciggarette lighter adapter. Don't need to be concerned with that?

 

[Slody4Futbol 10+ year member]

sure... put an inline fuse holder on it... u always wanna fuse your power wires... JUST in case...

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Usually those are good for 10A or so...anything over that, you're pushing it.

 

[Chevyaudio 5,000+ posts]

id just say cut the adapters off and hook them up to a 12 volt switched source, that way your install will look better with no visable plugs or wires

 

[silverdj 10+ year member]

Do what everyone else has been saying, hard wire them to a 12v source that you may want to have turn off automatically when you turn the car off or just any hot wire.

 

[frosales 10+ year member]

ok, thanks guys. One last (maybe silly) question, I've never cut a ciggarette lighter adapter off before. Inside the wire, is there just one hot wire or is there one for positive and one for negative. Thanks!

 

[Logikalliquid 10+ year member]

1 P+ and 1 N-

 

[Dj-torn 10+ year member]

I did something similar but with the neon lights.

1. I cut off the cig adaptor

2. Got a switch so that i can turn them off and on as i please

3. I stripped the wire that went to my cig lighter, I didn't cut them so that i can still use it.

4. I bought some 18awg wire and welded it to the bare wires that power my cig lighter.

5. The other ends of the welded wires i ran to my switch.

6. The wires that powered my neons where also wired to the switch.

Its really easy, just remeber to double check everything before welding and do not to leave any bare wire exposed. Its a pain in the ass to have to cut and re weld b/c your didn't do a test run prior and to have to replace fuses.

Good luck

 

[Vestax 10+ year member]

ok, thanks guys. One last (maybe silly) question, I've never cut a ciggarette lighter adapter off before. Inside the wire, is there just one hot wire or is there one for positive and one for negative. Thanks!

Make sure you don't wire them backwards. To verify, use a DMM to double check.