2008 E60 535i - Need to tap into fuse for radar, which to use?

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Mar 14, 2011 | 10:29 PM

bmxtreme

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Hi guys,

Coming from an E90 where I tap into the homelink fuse to hardwire my Passport radar. Can anyone tell me which fuse I should tap into for the E60? The fuse "cheat sheet" is "encrypted" and I have no idea how to decrypt what those symbols means. I looked through the manuals and nothing helps me decrypt the symbols. Help help!!!!

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Mar 14, 2011 | 10:58 PM

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for the glovebox fuse panel fuses 23, 43, and 44 are radio power fuses that are 7.5, 5 and 5 amperes respectively which you could use for your 12v constant. However while that might answer ur question those fuses may not "sleep" (which means the radar will still drain power) when the car is off i think the only ones that do are in the rear. you may want to look at this.

Radar fuse power down issue

Mar 15, 2011 | 09:39 PM

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Hey, thanks alot. I am going to look more into this. I hate to splice wires and tap into the reading lights. Also don't have the plug that I can use to plug into the cigarette outlet under the front passenger dash. Thanks!