Walkthrough: Making cargo area 12v outlet constantly on
This is a guide for making ONLY the rear cargo area 12v outlet constantly on. Works on Outbacks/Foresters
Experience Needed: None (I did it
)
Tools Required:
Screwdriver
Wire Strippers/Crimpers
Electrical Tape
10 centimetres of 2.5mm or equivelant electrical wire.
2 male spade electrical terminals.
Steps:
The idea of this mod is to remove the relay that controls the power received to the rear 12v outlet, and wire a bridge onto its wiring plug that allows the wiring to be on all the time. The relay that controls the power to the plug is located on the side of the kickpanel fusebox near where your feet normally are.
Step 1:
Remove the lower trim below the steering wheel, on my car (2000 Outback) this is achieved by using a screwdriver on this bolt in the corner of the trim:
And these 2 plugs on the side are unscrewed and pulled out, after this the trim unclips and slides off.
It will reveal this underneath:
You can see on the side of the box there is space for 2 relays. The relays are removed by unclipping the white clip that holds them in their holder.
In this photo i have removed the relay that controls the power to the rear outlet on my model and highlighted it, it may be different on your model of car, the easiest way to tell if you have the right one is to unplug it and turn your car on and see if the outlet in the back works or not.
Step 2:
Once you have figured out which relay it is, unplug it, it is not longer required, you may feed it to your enemies if need be, but first on the side of the relay itself it has its wiring diagram, it uses numbers to tell you what pin does what on the circuit, for my car the pins that need bridging the provide constant power are 3 and 4, this is the same for foresters aswell, when you look under the relay at the 4 pins coming off it it is the 2 COPPER coloured pins that need bridging. Simply line the relay up with the plug it was plugged into, work out which holes on the PLUG the COPPER pins on the relay plugged into and remember them.
Step 3:
Using the length of electrical wire and the 2 male spade connectors make a bridge using the wire crimmper to use in the plug that was plugged into the relay.
Step 4:
Insert the bridge into the holes on the plug that corresponded with 3 and 4 on the relay.
Heres what mine looks like:
Step 5:
Test that the outlet is working without the ignition on, electrical tape the connection up and reassemble your trim, your done!
I put mine in my glove box, where you have put yours my UHF mic is mounted there..
:iconwink:. TIA.
