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VegasPhil
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16th Nov 05 at 12:22   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I have bought a Cigarette Lighter Ashtray unit for the car. Is the wiring already in the loom? 1.2 8v Vegas btw

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if not all you need is a live and an earth for it
Badgersport
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I have a vegas and the wiring was there
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u shouldn't smoke inside the car..

really..
Butler
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Why would you want it anyway phil??
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to test the battery with?

seriously.. use the rear window heating for that.. car's shouldn't have sig-lighters in them..

dont know what dumbass invented it...
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who cares phils the man, i say he can have it - probably for a road angel .etc anyway... if he does smoke i'm gonna slap him with a ferocious backhand next time we meet
VegasPhil
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16th Nov 05 at 16:01   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I only wanted to charge my mobile

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shane2corsa
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i need to know this too, i have a 98 breeze... is the wiring there? please say yes... and i am a non smoker
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if you have no loom : undo the 3 screws under the steering wheel. this will reveal a wire covered with a foamy material. cut the foamy material for a length of about 2-3 inches with caution,so that you will not cut the wires inside it. then you will see a red and a black wire. red is always live black is live after ignition (i think). connect your positive wire to either one (if you want to charge your mobile with engine off then connect to the red) and then connect the negative wire to the ground bolt which is next to the fuses. also dont forget to use a 10-15A fuse somewhere in your circuit. thats it hope it helps!
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sounds an odd way of doing it.. wouldnt it not be better to go through the bulkhead grommet to the battery? sorry to question you but i dont want any fires or anything dodgy
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fair enough, i agree that it sounds dodgy, but i have hooked into that wire my lighter my el.windows + my alarm and they all work fine. If you know theres a better way then do it m8..i m no electrician personally,but i m sure it wont catch fire (as long as u use thick enough wires and not too long).
Kurt
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if you remove the ash tray(two screws underneath) there should be two wires on the back of the cigarette lighter working the bulb and ligher unit
Butler
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i take it you dont actually smoke then
shane2corsa
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no offence or owt corsajunkie im just very particular. .. kurtofcc.. so i can wire the lighter socket into the ashtray light wires?
Kurt
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unscrew the ashtray and you should see the wires im on about and how theyre connected

ill get a pic of mine if it still doesnt help

[Edited on 16-11-2005 by kurtofcc]
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no offence taken matey
if anyone knows a better way of finding a live wire (apart from running a wire straight from battery, i know that is better), then he must post it so that we can all improve our "techniques".

ps i believe the wire from the lighter unit will be far thinner than the wire i suggested and thus more prone to catch fire
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we dont want fires. yeah post up any pics anyone if you have any. any help on this small but annoying job will be great!
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quote:
Originally posted by corsa_geeza
I have a vegas and the wiring was there


Where?

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Mine was just dangling below the radio. wrapped in some black foam like stuff. if i can remember correctly it had a little white connector
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quote:
Originally posted by dna23
who cares phils the man, i say he can have it - probably for a road angel .etc anyway... if he does smoke i'm gonna slap him with a ferocious backhand next time we meet




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James_DT
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quote:
Originally posted by shane2corsa
sounds an odd way of doing it.. wouldnt it not be better to go through the bulkhead grommet to the battery? sorry to question you but i dont want any fires or anything dodgy

It depends if he wants it switched with the ignition or not.
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i want one for one of those digital radio recievers myself, ill have to rave the ashtray out and have a look see.
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why didnt al corsas come with cigerette lighters


BTW where did you get your kits from?

Drives supercharged Tec with torque
VegasPhil
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Found the Loom today Plugged it in.. No Joy

Does it have a fuse in the Box? And do all 3 plugs on the back of the outlet have to be filled for it to work? I only found a connector with 2 connections on it

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