Ok, so I did this on my 97 and now that I'm starting to drive my '00 I noticed the issue again, and plan on doing this mod again....I have yet to hear of others doing this so I will call it the "Anthony Mod".....the lighters and utility plug only work if the vehicle is on.....so on my 97 I ran a piece of wire directly from the battery through the clutch master cylinder rubber boot on the firewall and direct connected it. Not sure how I will do it with the '00, as it has 3 upfront and one in the rear but I'll have to look into it....it is so nice to be able to have a phone, iPad (whatever) charging while truck is locked and not having to leave the key in the " ACC" position.....I've never had a battery issue with this mod and it come in very handy.
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SRQ-Runner
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I did a similar thing with my LED light bar. Instead of running the switch for the bar through the ignition power, I ran the power wire back to the battery. Now I can use the light bar while the truck it off, makes it easy for showing friends and turning it on quickly if needed.
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....don't have the time logged into this site as many others although I do love it.....just noticed I had not seen any info or talk about it. Guess I shoulda figured smarter minds than mine would of figured it out in the last 20yrs
TheeMikeB
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Yes and the 12V mod is much simpler
Toyota 4Runner Highlander Electrical Modifications Constant 12v Power
jgue467
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MStudt is correct, the constant 12v mod via the underhood relay is EZ'r overall AND Safer because it retains the fuses.
You can leave yours as is but I hope you put a fuse right by the battery, hate to see your rig go up in smoke - Luck!
Twan
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Well, I know what I'm doing when I get home from work.
IBallEngineer
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Yes that can be helpful, but I run my tablet off one of those outlets and I set it up to dim the display and shut off the music when it loses power. This is a very handy thing since it would just keep playing otherwise, with no sound of course but you get the point. I am currently running sound through my headunit, but once I run that through a level control knob and an amp, I may want to do this mod. What I'd do then is power the head unit, scratch that, the tablet off an ignition source, not necessarily a cig lighter style outlet.
Keep posting, everyone!
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