OBD Box

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After a serious engine damage I want a OBD monitoring (Torque) to be active in the background while driving ... just as a dash for calculated engine load. (Found nothing affordable within the net) The problem is, that OBD in my car is always on - to switch the bluetooth adapter off I bought the cable on the photo from eb*y for less than 20€. If you are not like me and always switch everything off while turning engine off - no problem... but I forget about that and so I decided to replace the switch, cutting clamp 30, by a relay externally powered via 15/31. I liked the idea of !not! interfering with the OBD-cables by connecting 15 directly. The 13x19mm switch has on-off-on settings, so I can switch OBD on as designed, keep it off or switched by 15. As TPU D58 shore was in my printer I printed it with that filament - does not rattle and is an eye-catcher within the black stuff of the cars dashboard - but the lid is too weak to clamp the cables. The relay cable-hole I created with a file as I didn't know what cable I´d use... :-) PET-G would be my next choice. The top hole must be "re-"drilled in order to pass the adapters nose. I used wood screws/ 3,5 x 16 mm for fitting all together. Btw: 15=switched 12V; 30=12V permanent; 31=GND