My front power outlet is always on

Tired of having to reprogram/restart my portable nav unit each time I restarted the E, I was looking for an easy way to mod the front accessory outlet to be constantly hot. I also had a few other parameters:

1. Front outlet always hot
2. Rear outlet on only with ignition switched to ON or ACC
3. Both outlets fused for 15 amps
4. No Add-A-Circuit or running additional positive leads from battery
5. Easily reversible to stock

Here’s what I’ve come up with. Images are in pdf format; I did that to preserve the details. First illustration is the stock circuit diagram for the front and rear power outlets.

Second is the diagram for Epod’s rear outlet always on mod, by jumpering the relay socket. Relay is, of course, removed for this mod.

Third is my mod. Again, relay is removed to do the mod. I cut the yellow/white wire running to the front power outlet, spliced on two leads, and attached the lead coming from the front power outlet to the hot side of the relay socket (the side coming from fuse #2). That makes the front outlet always hot.

I then ran the other lead from the yel/wht wire (the one coming from fuse #18 ) to the rear outlet side of the relay socket, making the rear outlet now controlled by the ignition switch (powered when ignition is ON or ACC).

Both leads are attached to the same two socket connectors Epod used in his mod. To reverse the mod back to stock, all I have to do is remove the two leads, jumper them together with a double female connector, and replace the relay.

(Added detail)

In order to keep you from having to figure out which contact is which on the relay socket, I've figured it out for you:

As seen from the top, looking down, the socket has four contacts:

The two towards the front of the vehicle look like this:
_ a
_ b

The two towards the rear of the vehicle look like this:

c d
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You want to use the two towards the front of the vehicle. The frontmost contact (a) is the hot side, and you use this contact to connect to the yellow/white wire going to the front outlet.

The rearmost contact of the two (b) is the side which provides power to the rear outlet. Use this contact for the other yel/wht wire which comes from the ignition switch.

And if anybody asks I'll tell you how to remove the front accessory outlet. It was impossible to do this mod without removing it. You need a special six dollar tool.