Cig. Lighter

2010 taco , just bought a vehicle camera to protect my investment. Problem is '10 taco's power oulet shuts off with the truck. Doesn't help too much with parking security! Is there a way to keep power to the cig. Lighter after i turn off the key?

 

Most cameras have a shock sensor which will turn on the camera and make it run off the internal battery for about 30 seconds should it get bumped while parked. So you dont need constant power from the vehicle battery.

Unless you have camera that has a capacitor rather than a battery and even those should have the juice to run for a few minutes without external power.

If not I'd swap to a camera that doesn't need constant external to record while parked. Easier than modding your outlet which also risks draining your battery should the camera prove to sensitive and record while parked a lot.

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/always-on-power-outlet-relay-modified.407458/