ChrisR-4A Posted July 19, 2020 Report Share Posted July 19, 2020 One point to consider is, all modern vehicle cigarette lighter sockets are hard wired into the vehicles electrical system and can provide quite a few amps output which many 12v accessories like vacuum cleaners, electric Jack's and electric tyre inflators may need as they can easily take 4-8amps on startup. Therefore if fitting a lighter socket to a TR you need to decide what it will be, or could be used for and rate the wiring directly from the battery with an independent fuse if more than 3/4 amps are likely to be needed. If however only a couple of items running off a USB converter are planned then linking to existing wiring should be OK with its own inline fuse of say 5amps. Personally I ran mine from a new take off from the aftermarket battery isolator switch with a 5amp inline fuse thus avoiding any extra load on the original car circuits. Chris Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ocheye Posted July 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2020 20 hours ago, ChrisR-4A said: One point to consider is, all modern vehicle cigarette lighter sockets are hard wired into the vehicles electrical system and can provide quite a few amps output which many 12v accessories like vacuum cleaners, electric Jack's and electric tyre inflators may need as they can easily take 4-8amps on startup. Therefore if fitting a lighter socket to a TR you need to decide what it will be, or could be used for and rate the wiring directly from the battery with an independent fuse if more than 3/4 amps are likely to be needed. If however only a couple of items running off a USB converter are planned then linking to existing wiring should be OK with its own inline fuse of say 5amps. Personally I ran mine from a new take off from the aftermarket battery isolator switch with a 5amp inline fuse thus avoiding any extra load on the original car circuits. Chris Thanks Chris it is likely to be mainly used for my SatNav and charging my iPhone but occasionally though importantly for my small tyre inflator Andy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Morrison Posted July 21, 2020 Report Share Posted July 21, 2020 Some time ago, and thinking out of the box, I fitted two 12v cig lighter outlets, one ignition controlled one direct, both fused, in the vertical kickplate behind the seats. Anything on charge sits atop the transmission tunnel, very convenient. Was always going to make a pukka, lipped shelf for here but haven't yet go around to it. John. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ocheye Posted July 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2020 On 7/21/2020 at 11:38 AM, John Morrison said: Some time ago, and thinking out of the box, I fitted two 12v cig lighter outlets, one ignition controlled one direct, both fused, in the vertical kickplate behind the seats. Anything on charge sits atop the transmission tunnel, very convenient. Was always going to make a pukka, lipped shelf for here but haven't yet go around to it. John. My thoughts were to attach it using velcro under the glove box. I'm no further on as it is either raining or I'm driving it! Another 100 miles under the belt yesterday. Loving it Andy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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