Hi,
Someone gifted me with CURT 56310 and I quickly installed it and call me a dumbo - didn't read the instruction manual fully. Came to realize that I need to run a wire to the battery! Its cold and windy and hate to jack up the car and route the power (black) cord fiddling with that grommet and then engine bay and working underneath the car.
What if I instead connect the power to the ubiquitous little 12V power inlet I have in the trunk instead? For example, I have https://www.amazon.com/dp/ (commissions earned)lying around, will it work? It'll save me a ton of trouble. The install kit does come with a red in-line fuse with instructions so was thinking might be safe?
Alternatively, I have my son's (outgrown) https://www.amazon.com/dp/ (commissions earned)y with an adapter having 2 leads. Can't I use that instead to power the harness?
I'll need the harness working very soon as I need to tow a substantial number of times next week *moving to new location*. My towing activities is very, very limited and most probably the next time I'll need to tow is perhaps 2 to 3 years from now. Thus my need of battery or connection to the trunk 12V port is very temporary.
Someone gifted me with CURT 56310 and I quickly installed it and call me a dumbo - didn't read the instruction manual fully. Came to realize that I need to run a wire to the battery! Its cold and windy and hate to jack up the car and route the power (black) cord fiddling with that grommet and then engine bay and working underneath the car.
What if I instead connect the power to the ubiquitous little 12V power inlet I have in the trunk instead? For example, I have https://www.amazon.com/dp/ (commissions earned)lying around, will it work? It'll save me a ton of trouble. The install kit does come with a red in-line fuse with instructions so was thinking might be safe?
Alternatively, I have my son's (outgrown) https://www.amazon.com/dp/ (commissions earned)y with an adapter having 2 leads. Can't I use that instead to power the harness?
I'll need the harness working very soon as I need to tow a substantial number of times next week *moving to new location*. My towing activities is very, very limited and most probably the next time I'll need to tow is perhaps 2 to 3 years from now. Thus my need of battery or connection to the trunk 12V port is very temporary.