I am trying to locate a fuse in the passenger compartment fuse box of my 2012 XKR convertible to use for a dash cam. I want to find a switched fuse (one where the power only comes on when the ignition is switched on). The owners manual is useless as the fuses are completely different to what is shown there. I have found a correct layout from a forum, but after using a voltmeter on a number of likely fuses (eg car accessory port) can't seem to find a suitable fuse. Any advice please? Thanks.

 

Wire it to your cigarette lighter. (No one smokes in their car any more do they?)

 

Thanks, I agree and would happily use that one but the fuse for the cigar lighter (their name since of course it is for cigars in a Jag not cigarettes!) is in the engine bay fuse box. I am looking for a fuse in the passenger compartment fuse box as that is where I have threaded the dash cam power cable through to.
I found this site with an XK layout jaghelp.com: Jaguar XK Fuse location and ID (I assume it is the same for the XKR) and have tried several fuse locations with optimistic-sounding names (eg 23 cabin accessory power) but when I test with a voltmeter it doesn't appear to be a switched source (ie says at 0v, even when ignition is on). I did the same thing on a Ford Galaxy recently and found a switched fuse location relatively easily, so I am wondering if things are different on a Jag (since they often are!). Any advice would be much appreciated.

 

Have managed to locate a fuse that works, fuse No 16. All works fine.

 

Where is it located? under the Bonnet or behind the back seats?

 

Given the link in his post #3, I’d say it’s the one in the footwell, as he wanted something near the dash.

 

Yes, correct. Passenger footwell on LHS.