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Originally Posted by sfbmw
Do it the fuse box way...the light panel method is a real hassle and can be finicky - mine mysteriously stopped working yesterday. (The V1 works - I checked with the cigarette lighter adapter - so it must be a wiring connection problem.) That 10mm hex bolt is a real pain to work with, and the light panel is still annoying to pop out. It was working happily since I wrote up that DIY in February, but I wonder if yesterday's 115F heat caused something to go wrong.
Update: Opened it up - didn't seem as hard to pop it open this time. Everything was clean and in place (10mm ground hex not disturbed in any way and no smoke or mysterious meltdowns, which is what I was dreading), but it seems that the spliced wire is finicky and needs to be tugged/tucked in the right spot or the power is not 100% guaranteed to go to the V1. I shuffled it around for a couple of minutes until the V1 came back on and closed it up. I suppose if I used some electrical tape to keep things more secure it would be less likely to shift, but I don't want to do any permanent sticky stuff (I never glued down the adhesive velcro patch that comes with the V1 hardwire kit). I still think you're better off with the fuse box way...
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i think i will be going this route as well...the splice works about 95% of the time, i think wiring it to the fuse box is a better solution