ive bought a roadhawk 720hd but it came with a ciggy plug power source and will buy a hardwire kit after xmas

Lloyd, you can purchase a 12v Female Cigarette Lighter Socket, similar to the following:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/12v-Female...item233e0a0244

The_Laird - Apologies Jim, having just seen Lloyds post, it reminded me that I also bought the above socket as well.

Road hawk do a proper hardwire kit that will give a nice tidy install

Why, if you hard wired it?

I honestly can't remember why I did it. It may have been because the lead came with a cigarette lighter plug on it, and rather than cut it off to wire it in, as the wire is quite thin, I just used the adaptor which has decent thickness wire.

Hi All,
I have a D3 2004.
There are no ignition fed fuses on the right hand fuse box.
There are two (31 & 32 in my case) in the left hand fuse box.
I have wired my camera as described in the foregoing writeup but on the left instead of the right. At the same time I have added a tyre pressure monitor to the same "add a fuse" connector.
Thanks Steamship for a clear and concise description.

Finally figured out why I used the cigarette lighter adaptor. The USB connector is a 5V feed to the camera and the cigarette lighter supplies 12V, so it wasn't a simple case of cutting the cigarette lighter adaptor off and wiring it in.

Glad it was of use. The forum has been great, and since I can't offer much in the way of mechanical advice, this is my way of saying thanks to everyone here.

Laird, did you wire the 12v feed into the USB cable or gut the internals of the CIG adapter and keep the 5v stepdown?

I've just got mine (801 version) and have been having a little play with it :)

That'll teach me to read properly! I'll butcher the CIG lighter and keep the 12v step down :)

Not fitted mine yet. It was a Christmas present. But I'm still confused about the power source. Sean first said that he's used a piggy back fuse (which I bought) and then there was talk about the cigarette lighter adapter.

Perhaps it'll be clearer once I get it unpacked