Is there some hack to change the cig lighter from always being on to turning off when I turn off the car? I want to put a USB adapter in it, but don't want to have to pull it each time I turn off the car.
The lighter is always hot so that you can plug a battery maintainer into it.
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Is there some hack to change the cig lighter from always being on to turning off when I turn off the car? I want to put a USB adapter in it, but don't want to have to pull it each time I turn off the car.
Thanks.
I plugged a UB adapter into my cig lighter... 7 years ago. I've never been compelled to remove it.
Why is it necessary to remove it each time you leave the car? What's the deal?
If a 986, you could always replace constant + on plug w switched + from the phone option plug buried at base of center column (or pulling line from fuse panel if 987 or 986). Or just add USB plug in dash w +12V switched power from phone plug (or again via pulling line from puse panel if 987 or 986) and leave cig lighter plug available for battery mainter use.
you can leave it there all the time, if it has a little led light and you are worried that it would drain your battery, don't worry, they use very little power
When looking into the same issue I came across this video on YouTube ( it has English subtitles ). Seems like a reasonable way to solve the problem: https://youtu.be/vgE-5sXXbAs?si=V-XY6EhGOBGKyQLT
I did a similar thing except I didn't want to cut any wires.
Instead I removed the output pins of the cigarette lighter and phone connection fuses and swapped them.
Depinning the fuse fox connectors is a pain but in my opinion worth it.
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