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Car Forum / Honda Cars / April 2005Power Outlet Switching
Does anyone know how one would go about making the power outlet full time (not switched)? I want at lest one outlet on for charging a cell phone. There must be a relay or something that can be modified. > Does anyone know how one would go about making the power outlet full > time (not switched)? I want at lest one outlet on for charging a cell > phone. There must be a relay or something that can be modified. What year and model car is this? Typically there is no relay, you'll have to get behind the dash and snip the wire to the power plug and reconnect it to a constant power source. One exception is the rear power outlet in certain model years of the CRV, this outlet does have a relay, and you can simply replace the relay with a jumper to make it on full time. For other models, there is typically at least one always-on options connector in the fuse box. This would be a good point to connect to if you rewire the power outlet.  Signature======================================================= A very modest collection of Honda tech info can be found at: http://www.geocities.com/ng_randolph > Does anyone know how one would go about making the power outlet full > time (not switched)? I want at lest one outlet on for charging a cell > phone. There must be a relay or something that can be modified. What does "switched" mean? Do you mean that the cigarette lighters are not on constantly? I use the CLA for charging cell phone just fine. On the Pilot the cigarette lighters are off, unless the ignition switch is on. Don't ask me why......it just is. >>Does anyone know how one would go about making the power outlet full >>time (not switched)? I want at lest one outlet on for charging a [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > What does "switched" mean? Do you mean that the cigarette lighters are > not on constantly? I use the CLA for charging cell phone just fine. > On the Pilot the cigarette lighters are off, unless the ignition switch > is on. Don't ask me why......it just is. Oh, I see what you mean, you want it on when the key is out. All the cars I've ever had work the same way, no key... no cigarette power. I agree that it would be very useful to have the cigarette power available at all times, I can think of many cases where that would be useful. On the hand, I've always wondered why headlights don't shut off when you take the key out. I can't think of any circumstances where I would need the headlights without keys. They should reverse the headlights/cigarette behavior. >> On the Pilot the cigarette lighters are off, unless the ignition > switch [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > available at all times, I can think of many cases where that would be > useful. Some cars it does stay on. Back in my Chevy days, my S-10 Blazers the outlet stayed on with key out. > On the hand, I've always wondered why headlights don't shut off when > you take the key out. I can't think of any circumstances where I would > need the headlights without keys. They should reverse the > headlights/cigarette behavior. I can't speak for the Pilot, but on my '01 Accord I leave the headlight switch on at all times. Lights go out about a minute after closing the doors. Come on automatically (for a minute) when I use the keyless entry to unlock the doors. > Does anyone know how one would go about making the power outlet full > time (not switched)? I want at lest one outlet on for charging a cell > phone. There must be a relay or something that can be modified. A parts or service department might be able to tell you where the relay is. Pull it out and place a jumper terminated with spade lugs in the socket. I'll probably do it to one of the sockets in my Accord. |
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