Hi all,
I have a 2016 Mercedes E350 Wagon and the car have 2 fuse box: 1 in engine compartment and the other in the trunk area. I accessed the one in the trunk area and confused as how I should wire the Power Magic Pro (PMP). I don't have car electrical experience, so I thought I will ask here.
Picture of the fuse box is uploaded below. My questions are, in relation to the picture below:
1). Looking at the fuse box, there are some fuses that are protected with colored cover and some that are not. There are yellow (bottom right), green (top), etc. Do these colored protective cover mean anything and am I not supposed to mess around with it? If yes, how do I open these cover?
2). Assuming I CANNOT use the fuses that are protected with the colored cover, can I connect PMP to any of the open fuse, REGARDLESS of the amperage? I.e. there is a red fuse with 50A - can I connect PMP here? PMP manual said max Output Current is 2A
3). For the GROUND cable, can I just tape it to the metal part of the car or do I have to screw it in?
4). I read somewhere that 12V is too low for voltage cut off. Since the PMP doesn't have 13V settings (next setting is 22.8V from 12V, nothing in the middle), anyone see the dashcam got cut off much earlier if you use 22.8V?
5). I bought two 10A fuse tap (https://www.amazon.com/gp/B001QRSBW0). Do I need to put ANOTHER fuse in the fuse tap, in addition to the original fuse? I.e. If I use the cigar lighter, which use 10A, do I put two 10A fuse in the fuse tap? I saw an installation video that show that you can wrap around the cable in existing fuse, hence one fuse is enough.
I have a 2016 Mercedes E350 Wagon and the car have 2 fuse box: 1 in engine compartment and the other in the trunk area. I accessed the one in the trunk area and confused as how I should wire the Power Magic Pro (PMP). I don't have car electrical experience, so I thought I will ask here.
Picture of the fuse box is uploaded below. My questions are, in relation to the picture below:
1). Looking at the fuse box, there are some fuses that are protected with colored cover and some that are not. There are yellow (bottom right), green (top), etc. Do these colored protective cover mean anything and am I not supposed to mess around with it? If yes, how do I open these cover?
2). Assuming I CANNOT use the fuses that are protected with the colored cover, can I connect PMP to any of the open fuse, REGARDLESS of the amperage? I.e. there is a red fuse with 50A - can I connect PMP here? PMP manual said max Output Current is 2A
3). For the GROUND cable, can I just tape it to the metal part of the car or do I have to screw it in?
4). I read somewhere that 12V is too low for voltage cut off. Since the PMP doesn't have 13V settings (next setting is 22.8V from 12V, nothing in the middle), anyone see the dashcam got cut off much earlier if you use 22.8V?
5). I bought two 10A fuse tap (https://www.amazon.com/gp/B001QRSBW0). Do I need to put ANOTHER fuse in the fuse tap, in addition to the original fuse? I.e. If I use the cigar lighter, which use 10A, do I put two 10A fuse in the fuse tap? I saw an installation video that show that you can wrap around the cable in existing fuse, hence one fuse is enough.
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