Just connected the interior lights and stereo to the leisure
Posted: 03 Sep 2006, 20:48
battery...
I knew this could be done from the fuse box - Mocki mentioned it ages ago but i didnt actually understand what he was talking about having looked at the back of the fuse box. Looking at the back of the fuse box there is nothing of any sense to me - just a load of wires.
What i wanted to do was change the feed for fuse 3 (the fuse for the interior lights, stereo and clock) from the normal feed (the car battery) to the leisure battery. Looking at the back of the fuse box i couldnt see a way this could happen.
I had a brain wave while taking the fuse out today - instead of looking at the back of the fuse box - why not use the front of the fuse box!
So, i quickly wired up a wire (with inline fuse) from the leisure battery under the front seat to the front of the fuse box. I then connected a spade end connector to this wire and put it in one* of the slots that the inline blade fuse (for the stereo etc).
Hey presto, the interior lights and stereo all work of the leisure battery.
This is a bonus as we always use the courtesy lights for lighting the van - the flourecsent lights are soo bright they are horrible. Anyway, dont have to worry about flattening the battery now!
* There are obviously two slots in the fuse box that a inline fuse fits into. I used a volt meter and put the wire into the slot that didnt have 12v on it.
I knew this could be done from the fuse box - Mocki mentioned it ages ago but i didnt actually understand what he was talking about having looked at the back of the fuse box. Looking at the back of the fuse box there is nothing of any sense to me - just a load of wires.
What i wanted to do was change the feed for fuse 3 (the fuse for the interior lights, stereo and clock) from the normal feed (the car battery) to the leisure battery. Looking at the back of the fuse box i couldnt see a way this could happen.
I had a brain wave while taking the fuse out today - instead of looking at the back of the fuse box - why not use the front of the fuse box!
So, i quickly wired up a wire (with inline fuse) from the leisure battery under the front seat to the front of the fuse box. I then connected a spade end connector to this wire and put it in one* of the slots that the inline blade fuse (for the stereo etc).
Hey presto, the interior lights and stereo all work of the leisure battery.
This is a bonus as we always use the courtesy lights for lighting the van - the flourecsent lights are soo bright they are horrible. Anyway, dont have to worry about flattening the battery now!
* There are obviously two slots in the fuse box that a inline fuse fits into. I used a volt meter and put the wire into the slot that didnt have 12v on it.