Extra 12v electrics

[The Booge]

Been looking around for a twin cigarette lighter to hide under dash on the drivers side so that I can power my sat nav and iphone without wires trailing across to the centre console. Anybody else thought of doing it and found a twin socket that can be hard wired in rather than extended from the centre console?

I also wonder whether the 3mm jack could be split and resited?

[John S]

You could try something like this http://www.amazon.co.uk/Draper-12V-W.../dp/B000N3O2LW

[Blerg]

All you gotta do is buy a kit like posted above ^

Take the plug end apart and hard wire it to the back of the cigar lighter in the centre console. You will need to fit the inline glass fuse which is in the plug to the possitive feed.

I recommend you run it from the same feed as the cigar lighter so if it does get a voltage spike it wont fry the BSI and only blow the fuse

[mbartlett]

hi, yes i have done this and will post some pics tomorrow hopefully.

1: pull up handbrake centre plastic - it just pulls up
2: unplug the cig cable from underneat
3: splice to join a good quality thick red cable into the red cable from the plug that goes to the cig adapter.
4: run this cable along the centre to the front foot well drivers side
5: run this cable above the foot well
6: just this wire to the cig adapter buy means of a bullett connector - live wire
7: remove the dashboard side - just pulls off
8: under the 1/2 bolt that you can see
9: use the black cable and crimp on a ring spade
10 tighten this up on the ring spade when replacing the bolt

you now have a live ignition off the original with a dual socket

This can mounted hidden or inside the little holder

Halfords is the best bet for this. Just cut of the cigarette adapter and use black for earth and the black with white stripe for negative

Hope this helps

kind regards ,mark

[The Booge]

Excellent thanks everyone, I look forward to some pictures.

[sudhirbph]

mbartlett ..have you got any pictures pls