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Re: Advice on electrics for a novice

Posted: Sat May 08, 2010 7:55 am
by jaylee
Winter pack loom, of course! :D I thought it may have been for a parking pole..?

I kept pushing the damn thing out the way during some of my various wiring jobs.. Then while i was looking for somewhere to wire an led into the key recess of the steering cowl to A; light up my ignition so i can see where to put the key in the dark. & B; acts as a handy left lights on when the doors open now my beeper has been deactivated! :wink:
It dawned on me that it should still be active on the back-light circuit! :idea: #-o :lol:

I got a double cig socket spur behind the panel below the steering wheel & run the sat nav power under the dash to the side of the A pillar.. I don't like trailing wires & it keeps the original lighter socket free!

Re: Advice on electrics for a novice

Posted: Sat May 08, 2010 5:40 pm
by dext924
Thanks for the advice guys, I like the idea of tapping off the spare block. I will look in to that over the course of the week and see what I come up with.

I wasn't sure about the spots, thought it might be a bit weak. I might look at running a separate switch into one of the blanks like I did with the fog.

Re: Advice on electrics for a novice

Posted: Sat May 08, 2010 7:07 pm
by DE-OGZ
Hi dext924

I went down the route of wiring a new socket direct to my leisure battery via an inline fuse holder (from maplin). The reason I did this was that I could use much thicker wire and extend this to any further 12v sockets or accessories. The sockets were bought from Rainbow.

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The route I took for the cable was through a grommet in the bulk head - under the dash to the center - under the removable console - across the back ofthe engine bay (under the seat by the hinges) - and down behind the panel with the the rear heater controls.

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The 12v one is under the pull down cover (top left)

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Oh yeah before anyone says I know that the bottom left 240v is pointing the wrong way - just makes it neater to have the fan heater cable going across not down!

Re: Advice on electrics for a novice

Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 6:28 pm
by jaylee
DE-OGZ wrote:Hi dext924

I went down the route of wiring a new socket direct to my leisure battery via an inline fuse holder (from maplin). The reason I did this was that I could use much thicker wire and extend this to any further 12v sockets or accessories. The sockets were bought from Rainbow.


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Oh yeah before anyone says I know that the bottom left 240v is pointing the wrong way - just makes it neater to have the fan heater cable going across not down!
8) Have it anyway you want it baby! :D There's only one way to plug it in anyway...! :wink: