Are you looking for ways to void your warranty? Run separate power for accessories.
Yup. Not for the faint of heart to wire, but there is a 12 pin connector to the assist camera. Get a plug, a new socket and 8- 22 ga wires and affix your 12 volt socket or a 5 volt buck converter to pins 4 (power) and pin 5 (ground). I have dashcams for both my Mavericks and my 2020 Transit connected this way with patch cords. The Mavericks also have the Kia mirrors wired from this socket. You should be able to find the part numbers here with a search.
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Note that this is the full plug. Some XLTs/XLs do not use all 8 wires. Yes, you can just tap it. THAT would be a warranty risk. A patch cord can be removed without showing damage to the circuit.
22 ga, per the Ford manual...at least in the assist camera. I think the same for the light module.Just a FYI, those are about 24 gauge wires.
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I have a dash cam that plugs into the cigarette lighter like most dash cams do. I think the problem with hard wiring the camera is that the voltage from the plug in at the lighter is reduced to 5 volts before it goes to the dash cam. Check before you put direct 12 volts by cutting out the connector, I'm just guessing that might be a problem.
