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d_phlat077 · 03-30-2017, 04:58 PM

So needing some technical electrical help if available. I'm posting here as a followup to my earlier minor interior revisions' post, as I don't think my question is worthy of a new thread.
I dropped in a Nissan charging port- dual USB's- into the center blank between my seat heater switches. Wired it from the passenger seat heater power (red and black); good clean solder connections. First thing I noticed was it seemed to stay on a bit after ignition went off. I had assumed (perhaps incorrectly) that these wires would be switched to go off with the ignition. Now it seems to only work first thing in the AM, [edit: just realized it only work when lights are on since they are set to "auto"/ first thing in the AM=dark] after the car has sat overnight. Wondering what kind of witchcraft is behind these factory wires. I suppose I could just remove and attach to a known switched set of wires but then I'd never figure out why this weirdness occurs... [edit: SO I found a source to wire footwell lighting so that it comes on and goes of with lights if anyone wants that- I DO ;-)]

03-30-2017, 04:58 PM	#93 (permalink)
d_phlat077 Base Member Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: CA Posts: 10 Drives: 370Z touring Rep Power: 8	So needing some technical electrical help if available. I'm posting here as a followup to my earlier minor interior revisions' post, as I don't think my question is worthy of a new thread. I dropped in a Nissan charging port- dual USB's- into the center blank between my seat heater switches. Wired it from the passenger seat heater power (red and black); good clean solder connections. First thing I noticed was it seemed to stay on a bit after ignition went off. I had assumed (perhaps incorrectly) that these wires would be switched to go off with the ignition. Now it seems to only work first thing in the AM, [edit: just realized it only work when lights are on since they are set to "auto"/ first thing in the AM=dark] after the car has sat overnight. Wondering what kind of witchcraft is behind these factory wires. I suppose I could just remove and attach to a known switched set of wires but then I'd never figure out why this weirdness occurs... [edit: SO I found a source to wire footwell lighting so that it comes on and goes of with lights if anyone wants that- I DO ;-)] Last edited by d_phlat077; 03-30-2017 at 08:54 PM.