I did the ..................... there is an always-hot fuse of the same
rating right next to the one
> that controls the socket. All it takes is moving a wire about 1/2 inch on
> the back of the block. I moved it to the next un-used hot (all the time)
> terminal, I heard a slight click and thought nothing of it at the time I
> hooked up the wire. After 3 months of having the radar detector pluged in,
> one moring the battery was dead.That terminal must of been hooked to a
> relay of some sort.

Unhooked the wire no more dead battery.

Tom


"E. Meyer" <e52.meyer0SPAM@ieee.org> wrote in message
news:BD9D3314.A9B28%e52.meyer0SPAM@ieee.org...
> On 10/20/04 4:56 PM, in article 7aBdd.3675$EL5.389@trndny09, "Thomas G.
> Marshall" <tgm2tothe10thpower@replacetextwithnumber.hotmail. com> wrote:
>
>>
>> I want to switch over my CRV's cigarette lighter, or perhaps that front
>> auxiliary power thing in the footwell, to run from the battery directly,
>> bypassing the ignition relay.
>>
>> I want the CRV to behave like my /other/ cars, and allow cell-phone
>> charging
>> even when ignition is off.
>>
>> Is this best done just before the fuse box?
>>
>> Thanks!
>
> Before you start running wires, check the layout of the fuse block. On my
> '00 TL, there is an always-hot fuse of the same rating right next to the
> one
> that controls the socket. All it takes is moving a wire about 1/2 inch on
> the back of the block. You might have something similar.
>