Dash 12V cig lighter constant power

[p8md]

I've tried the search and searched manually with no luck.I'm sick and tired of having a dead cell phone battery because the 12V cigarette lighter in the dash is switched with the ignition. I saw the mod for the center console which takes out the relay and adds a jumper but I don't have a center console 12V socket. I can't find a post that deals with the 12V socket under the radio. Is there a mod for this?

[Sublimewind]

Quote, originally posted by p8md »I've tried the search and searched manually with no luck.I'm sick and tired of having a dead cell phone battery because the 12V cigarette lighter in the dash is switched with the ignition. I saw the mod for the center console which takes out the relay and adds a jumper but I don't have a center console 12V socket. I can't find a post that deals with the 12V socket under the radio. Is there a mod for this?Which would be better, dead cell phone, or dead car?? there is a reasion they do that, the Vibes battery is like a 320cca battery with limited engine off capability... something to consider... do the mod if you like (did you look in the DIY section?) but you've been warned..

[joatmon]

I neverr bothered with making the dash outlet be on all the time, it could be done, but after I did the center console outlet thing, I didn't need the one in the dash to be hot all the time. It is an easy mod to add the 12V outlet to the center console. I prefer charging my cell with the console outlet anyway, can hide the charging phone in the center consoleIf you do want to make the dash 12V outlet hot all the time, you'd just need to find a constant 12V somewhere and run it to the outlet. Nobody has posted a step by step how-to for that yet, so if you do it, then please post up your solution.The early Vibes had a 320A battery, newer ones had higher capacity batteries. SInce you didn't get the center console power outlet, yours is new enough to have the better battery

[madbrad]

What self respecting carmaker would sell a car that can't charge a cellphone overnight without killing the battery? It uses a miniscule amount of power. It's Vibe's Japanese roots, not Pontiac's prudence, that gives it that infuriating ignition switched socket. Leave a dome light on all night and see if it kills the battery. It won't. The cellphone charger uses less power than the dome light.