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What Size is the Fuses Under the Steering Column of the 2019 HD
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Burn'n Oil
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Not aware of any fuses under the steering column. My understanding is that they're all in the PDC, under the hood. I plugged the dash cam into the 12v cigar lighter on the dash. Its corresponding 20A (micro) fuse is F93 in the PDC.
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The half tons have a fuse box under the dash. The HD’s are a big bowl of RAM SOUP some things are 5 gen, some are 4th gen
Burn'n Oil
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Yep, the new 2019 1500s have an internal PDC (Power Dist Center) in addition to the PDC under the hood. You don't have to take the dash apart to get at it. 4th gen half tons had only a TIPM (Total Integrated Power Module) under the hood. Current HDs (2500/3500) have only a PDC under the hood. And, mini and micro fuses are the same thing. FCA used to call them mini fuses. Now they call em micro fuses. Ram soup? Lol...
Burn'n Oil
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No 12V (cigar lighter) on the dash?
slimchance
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ok ... then how do you get the wire from under the hood thru the firewall to the console ???
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yea, they went to all that trouble to put that nice cig. plug there, but for me, I don't want to look through a wire hanging down in the middle of my windshield or across my dash. in my " (post phone call and on-line survey with FCA), I suggested that they place a USB 12 plug beside the rear view mirror just for a dash cam. someone overnight would make a sell a short power supply cord with the voltage reducer and sell it on Amazon for $12.95. but hey, this is 2019 and may take another twenty years for that one to come along.
Burn'n Oil
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Yup, I wasn't real enthused about the location either. I considered threading the cord around the perimeter of the windshield but at the end of the day, just let er hang. Been this way for five months and 12K kms. Not so bad - don't even notice it any more. Too old to be waiting for an alternate solution from FCA.
Burn'n Oil
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I'd wanna plumb the cord along the headliner, down the left A-Pillar and then thread it out the grommet for the left door wiring and fwd towards the PDC. I dunno... looks good on paper, though.
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Maybe after the warranty Is TXd.
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Why not do like I did for mounting my GPS, ProClips offers a heavy duty mount that attaches to the factory screw holes in the dash tray. The link below takes you to the mount for 2500 trucks. It shows the mount at a low extreme angle but it is extremely adjustable so you can adjust it so that it sits perpendicular to the dash to give you more height. It is all steel and when it’s is mounted there is absolutely no movement. Best of all you are inches away from the plug so you have no dangling wires at all.
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RAM Extra-Strength Center Dash Mount with Pedestal Arm (Large Screen Models)
This ProClip dash mount is custom-made for your RAM truck. (see compatibility tab for full list of years and models) The mount attaches in the storage tray above the center screen and includes a built in 5 inch adjustable pedestal. In addition to mounting regular holders for a phone or GPS, this...
www.proclipusa.com
Burn'n Oil
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Cool gadget! I'd contemplated something similar but, ironically, I'm not a fan of dash cams mounted on the dash, especially in trucks of this size - the camera's FOV over that long hood is compromised when they're sitting on or close to the dash. Even standing up, I don't think the proclip would offer the same view for the camera and it'd be even more obnoxious than that cord hanging down.Why not do like I did for mounting my GPS, ProClips offers a heavy duty mount that attaches to the factory screw holes in the dash tray. The link below takes you to the mount for 2500 trucks. It shows the mount at a low extreme angle but it is extremely adjustable so you can adjust it so that it sits perpendicular to the dash to give you more height. It is all steel and when it’s is mounted there is absolutely no movement. Best of all you are inches away from the plug so you have no dangling wires at all.
RAM Extra-Strength Center Dash Mount with Pedestal Arm (Large Screen Models)
This ProClip dash mount is custom-made for your RAM truck. (see compatibility tab for full list of years and models) The mount attaches in the storage tray above the center screen and includes a built in 5 inch adjustable pedestal. In addition to mounting regular holders for a phone or GPS, this...
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I'm not confident enough to tear into that. I with a lot of other folks ( I think a lot of folks ) are waiting for a good video and walk through to tackle that. With what's out there on Amazon in the way of the voltage reducer and the length of that, you need to have enough space to roll up what your not going to use a store what's left over.
Burn'n Oil
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One other thing: The 19 CTD powered HDs will have an auxiliary PDC located in the left rear of the engine compartment (aft of the battery). This PDC contains three relays and three 50A fuses that provide power to the supplemental heating resistors in the HVAC aka a Positive Temperature Coefficient (PTC) heater.
Is it possible to tap into the power and get a switch power line off that PDC somehow? (I don't have the upfitter switches so most of that PDC is empty on mine.)