how do i fit a ciggy lighter for sat nav?

[stiffler105]

hello chaps, i wonder how easy it is to fit a ciggy lighter to my dash so i can plug in a sat nav,any ideas id be gratefull cheers fellas.

[Titus A Duxass]

Piece of cake.
Buy your ciggie light socket (I bought a double) - VW stock them or your local store.
Drill the required size hole, I used a stepped conical hole drill - http://maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=354167" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Run an earth lead from the earth crown (left hand side under dash).
Run a fused (5amp) power lead from a spare 12v terminal on the back of the fuse box/relay board.

Bob's yer uncle & Fannie's yer aunt!

[Red Westie]

As he said but no need for an earth if the cigarette holder is metal as the dash is already adequately earthed and made of metal. So all you need is a fused feed, personally I would have said the socket needs to be capable of more than 5 amps (just in case you plug something more power hungry into it like a cooler box or even a cigarette lighter element for that matter. I would go 15amp with the appropriate thickness of wire, just be sure you are taking the feed from somewhere on the fuse box with adequate supply.
Martin

[Titus A Duxass]

I wouldn't pull a lot of current through a ciggie lighter socket.
I ran my coolbox through one, it melted the plug at 9 amps.
It was probably caused by a bad (making and breaking) contact which generated sparks and therefore heat.

I use the other type now (name fails me) that are rated 15amp.

[Dubstar]

Hella socket?

[Red Westie]

Good old fashioned metal bodied one like this:

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... =IOV4PDPZ1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Martin

[stiffler105]

thanks fellas very helpfull

[T-3PO]

hello chaps, i wonder how easy it is to fit a ciggy lighter to my dash so i can plug in a sat nav,any ideas id be gratefull cheers fellas.

You want an idea? Well if you've really, really got the time and, if I can do it while my dash is out at the moment, the intention is to put one on the windscreen side of the dash do i don't have to have the cable laying over the dash board ... 3 year old son likes to unplug it all too often!

[nesty]

I got one fitted like below and installed with 27 amp wiring! Enough to power most things through it!

http://www.the12voltshop.co.uk/Shop/20a ... s001-.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;