koolkorsa
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as you prob know u cant close the ashtray when uv got something plugged into the lighter. And as iv now got a mini fridge, i wanna have it plugged in nearly all the time. So i'm thinking of repositioning my lighter, perhaps under the glovebox or somehwere, and having all the wire for the mini fridge neatly hidden. I'm thinking i just unplug the wiring from the lighter, chop the lighter out of the ashtray and repostion it elsehwere (maybe extending the cable a bit) Anyone else done this? or are ther are other alternatives? cheers
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Richie
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How about getting a socket doubler or tripler from halfords and wiring it directly, would be much easier and less messy
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koolkorsa
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fort of that, but i still wont b able to close the ashtray?
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Richie
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No you would cut the ciggy plug off the doubler/triper and wire it directly to the battery (fused of course  )
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koolkorsa
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sounds harder that does?
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Melville
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it would be simple! Buy a new cigaratte lighter from Maplins or where ever. Pop the exiasting one out of its holder and disconnect the wires from the back of it. Cut theses wires and attach them to the ones on the new ciggy lighter. Obviously with some length of wire you can put the new one anywher in the car
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TOMAS
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Fook all that, why not just wire the thing in properly, Y do you need the ciggy lighter connection for power? Why not tap off the battery with a relay hooked to the ignition live? It doesnt make any sense, just wire it in permanently... 
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Melville
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might need to reomve it?
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Richie
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Thats why i didnt suggest that TOMAS 
He said nearly all the time but there may be cases when its gonna come oot
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Melville
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^^^ 
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DIGGIDY
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Why not just tap into the ciggy lighter wires, they are already switched by the ignition as well as fused... just get a set off 12 volt connector from maplins and replace the fridge connector and tap off the ciggy with the other connector...
Tha way you keep your ciggy lighter where it is, you can close the tray and you can still unplug the fridge whenever...
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koolkorsa
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rite. all sounds a bit tricky.i dont know fuck all about wiring, i'd need some step by stpe idiots instructions? someone plz!
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Richie
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lol there aint nothing tricky to it! live + negative feeds + a fuse, nothing hard aboot it!
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koolkorsa
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nah fuck running of the battery, thats2 hard 4 me - trust! so can i tap into the cig lighter feeds? how would i go about taht?
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Richie
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You can indeed, you can just run wires from the socket doubler/tripler and piggy back them off the existing wires on the ashtray cig lighter.
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koolkorsa
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rite, so i cut off the lighter attacthemtn off the tripler. Then how do i piggy back the wires? Do i simply make a cut in the wires then ram the triplers wire and the original wire together and solder?
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Richie
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Thats called tapping into them, which you can also do and it would be fine  dont forget to get the positive and negative correct though!
[Edited on 20-10-2003 by AustinPXX]
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koolkorsa
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rite thanx for all hte help. nearly got the idea now! can u quikly tell me how to piggy back!?
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infinitycorsa
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get rid of the cig lighter m8 and just take a + - off it for firdge
heres mine
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koolkorsa
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rite i fink im gettin the idea! i wont need to fuse it then will i? also wot colour is which -or will i need a current readre fing?
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Richie
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well u should already have a multimeter! if u dont know what the thing is even called i dont think you should be attempting this
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koolkorsa
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lol. i told u i didnt av a clue at the start didnt i. my mates an alarm engineer so shuld know bout electrics but he dont hav a fucking clue, but im sure hes got some of the kit i need. If u explain wot needs doing to take a feed of the wires into the cigarette lighter, i shuld manage just about.
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koolkorsa
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just had a fort, wot bout wiring it off the boot light wires? iv dun that wiv my neon in the boot. I know it would only come on wen i open the boot, but surely you could simply change/move the switch in the boot so it stays on permenant?
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koolkorsa
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ttt
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ajscorsa
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bloody hell man lol it aint that hard, it needs a live and an earth just tap into the live and earth on the fag lighter that way its already fused.
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