Anglo-Frenchman Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 I've just fitted a nice new steel cubby box from Storage Solutions which has a couple of extra cigarette sockets on the rear for extra electrical take-offs. Does anyone have suggestions as to the best way to power these? I have a pslit charge system installed by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Spandit Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 I've just fitted a nice new steel cubby box from Storage Solutions which has a couple of extra cigarette sockets on the rear for extra electrical take-offs. Does anyone have suggestions as to the best way to power these? I have a pslit charge system installed by the way. You could just wire them direct to the battery with an in-line fuse... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest diesel_jim Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 I'd go for the "direct to battery" route as well... via a fuse though! It's a pain whenever you've got anything plugged into them, you take the keys out and whatever is in the socked "dies", or (in my case) my phone stops charging, then when i've started/stopped a couple of times, the phone freaks out and says "reconnect charger" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Divster Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 I used one feed from the battery to an aux fuse box (6 spur) inside the cubby box. This gave power to both sockets, VHF radio, CB radio and CD/radio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglo-Frenchman Posted September 8, 2006 Author Share Posted September 8, 2006 Thanks a lot I'll follow your advice - presumably I can wire the two sockets up in series and just loop the live back to the negative terminal on the battery. On a different note, I am about to fit a JVC CD player into the new cubby box and find that it comes with a large ISO connector block with about 12 seperate feeds. I assume that as my Defender does not have the corresponding connector block I can simply cut this off and wire in with spade connectors or similar. None the less the array of wires is somewhat bewildering - All I need (I thought) was power feed and two speaker wires. You've probably guessed that electrical stuff is not my strong point! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LandyManLuke Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 In Parallel, not series!!! You can get various ISO adapters from halfrauds, which make the whole thing plug 'n' play, must be something available in France. Even if you can't find a LR to ISO adapter, it's worth getting an ISO to bare ends, then you can wire that in and won't have to change the whole lot when/if you swap stereos. Luke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglo-Frenchman Posted September 8, 2006 Author Share Posted September 8, 2006 Parallel?! Sorry, could you clarify please? (Doh!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LandyManLuke Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 Parallel or Series refers to how you wire them together. hopefully a diagram will help explain. The middle diagram, with individual fuses, is what i'd do, that way, if you pop one fuse, you can still use the other socket. Hope that helps Luke P.S. i have no idea what the correct symbol for a ciggy lighter is!! Luke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglo-Frenchman Posted September 8, 2006 Author Share Posted September 8, 2006 Thanks so much Luke - a picture paints a tohusand words and in my case most of them are usually four-lettered for when it al goes horribply wrong. Sorry to impose further, but what rating should the wiring & fuses be to be safe? Thanks in anticipation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LandyManLuke Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 I don't know what your sockets are rated at, but LR use a 10A fuse, so that seems a sensible place to start, that means your main wiring wants to be 20A, which means a wire size of 2.5mm^2 / 13 AWG / 15 SWG, though i presume 2.5 mm^2 is the most useful to you. Luke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglo-Frenchman Posted September 8, 2006 Author Share Posted September 8, 2006 Lawksalordy! Thanks a lot for that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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