Going to hardwire my Garmin Tread 2 Overland and I’m at a crossroads in decision making. Likely over thinking it, but…
Option 1 is to use a fuse tap from the driver’s side fuse box. This would necessitate leaving the fuse box cover off, but it’s not, exactly, functioning as anything other than a cosmetic dust cover, right?
Option 2 is to pull the entire head unit out and vampire tap the 12V plug that we also plug two phones into.
The plug I use for the phones outputs max 3A on each USB port and the Garmin will pull up to 3A as I’m using the high current wiring. CIG fuse (I’d assume that’s the 12V port) is 15A so should be fine to pull from with the actual wires or tap the fuse.
Tapping the fuse would be cleaner and easier to access in the future should I need to, but…anyone have a strong opinion either way?
Option 1 is to use a fuse tap from the driver’s side fuse box. This would necessitate leaving the fuse box cover off, but it’s not, exactly, functioning as anything other than a cosmetic dust cover, right?
Option 2 is to pull the entire head unit out and vampire tap the 12V plug that we also plug two phones into.
The plug I use for the phones outputs max 3A on each USB port and the Garmin will pull up to 3A as I’m using the high current wiring. CIG fuse (I’d assume that’s the 12V port) is 15A so should be fine to pull from with the actual wires or tap the fuse.
Tapping the fuse would be cleaner and easier to access in the future should I need to, but…anyone have a strong opinion either way?