I want my Cig lighter to be ignition-live only

[nuggetwillow]

How can I make the ciggerette lighter only become live when I turn the ignition on .I want to use it from my dash cam

 

[Kind of Blue]

Presumably, you are suggesting, that the cig lighter in your truck is live, permanently. That you would like to change this to live, only when the ignition is on! Is that a correct assumption?

Alternatively are you wanting to have an additional cig lighter to use specifically for sat-nav and that you want this to be only live when ignition is on?

I am only asking these questions to help speed up the process in advance of the helping hand when it arrives on the scene.

 

[nuggetwillow]

Change the live to only come on with ignition

 

[Shaun Witts]

I would think that to do that would require effectively re-wiring the socket, in which case you might just as well wire your dash cam direct to a switched feed on the fuse box. There are fuse taps available that make this quite an easy job.