Hi all

My first post other than my intro post, hoping someone will have an easy answer to this

Wiring in a reversing camera to the interior light (L200, 2006 new shape) - I always seem to mess electrics up, so does anyone know where these wires go? There's 3 (red, black, blue). Attached a photo of the interior light

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Cheers
Antony

red is live black is ground blue is the trigger from the reverse lamp u wont find the in the map lights

right, cool thanks, but where do the live and ground wires go? I've already blew one fuse

I took mine from the back of the ciggy lighter , then attached the blue to the live so I could switch the camera on even when not in reverse

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right, cool thanks, but where do the live and ground wires go? I've already blew one fuse

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Quote: krutly wrote in post #4

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I took mine from the back of the ciggy lighter , then attached the blue to the live so I could switch the camera on even when not in reverse

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Quote: antonylees wrote in post #1

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Hi all

My first post other than my intro post, hoping someone will have an easy answer to this

Wiring in a reversing camera to the interior light (L200, 2006 new shape) - I always seem to mess electrics up, so does anyone know where these wires go? There's 3 (red, black, blue). Attached a photo of the interior light




Cheers
Antony

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ahhh that makes sense actually, the lights do only work when the mounting screws are in. so if I attach the wire to the plate where the screws go, that might do it?

if I attach the blue wire to the live, as suggested by @krutly, is that going to blow anything?

yes that will work with the screw plate, if you do the blue wire to permanent live the dash cam will not come on automatically when u select reverse

awesome! I'll give it a try, thanks so much!

no worries mate pics when u finished!

haha ok, it's a deal!

Wow, I had the exact same problem on Monday fitting mine. No instructions whatsoever with the kit (cheers!?).

I took my perm 12v from the light unit, grounded it with a ring crimp around the screw for the unit, and ran a single cable to the reversing light along with the rca cable to the camera. So much for easy installation ;)

that is easy enough

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that is easy enough

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Quote: 123hotchef wrote in post #13

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that is easy enough

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I agree, but only if you know that's how to do it it took me a little while to figure out what the blue wire was for.. I thought that the camera had a perm, switch, and ground to start off

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So very true!