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Omega Help Area => Omega Electrical and Audio Help => Topic started by: Miggy24 on 12 October 2008, 17:37:43

Title: cigarette lighter stay live
Post by: Miggy24 on 12 October 2008, 17:37:43

Hi all can anyone help me i need to somehow to make my cigartte lighter stay live all the time with the keys out and car locked up as i work on the roads at nigh time and most of the time im out of the car and need them to still be flashing.Can i just run a wire from the cigarette lighter to the battery if so what wire is it. :y

Title: Re: cigarette lighter stay live
Post by: RobG on 12 October 2008, 17:47:53

I would have thought best way is to find which wire is the switched live, disconnect and tape off. Then, if you do run a feed direct from the battery protect the socket with an inline fuse.

Title: Re: cigarette lighter stay live
Post by: iainb on 12 October 2008, 17:56:45

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Title: Re: cigarette lighter stay live
Post by: Miggy24 on 12 October 2008, 18:27:50

Thanks RobG i might give that ago :y

Title: Re: cigarette lighter stay live
Post by: Miggy24 on 12 October 2008, 19:56:48

Anyone know what wire is the live

Title: Re: cigarette lighter stay live
Post by: RobG on 12 October 2008, 20:18:36

Have you not got a voltmeter to test :question

Title: Re: cigarette lighter stay live
Post by: Miggy24 on 12 October 2008, 20:27:29

I have a muitl meter same thing isnt it

Title: Re: cigarette lighter stay live
Post by: RobG on 13 October 2008, 01:33:28

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I have a muitl meter same thing isnt it

Yes mate. Will do the job.

Title: Re: cigarette lighter stay live
Post by: Miggy24 on 13 October 2008, 14:54:41

got it sorted now RoBG only took me about 15 mins to do and i had to take the glovebox out but now its to how i want it :y

Title: Re: cigarette lighter stay live
Post by: RobG on 13 October 2008, 15:24:31

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got it sorted now RoBG only took me about 15 mins to do and i had to take the glovebox out but now its to how i want it :y

Result :y :y

Title: Re: cigarette lighter stay live
Post by: RobG on 13 October 2008, 15:26:00

Ideally the inline fuse should be near the battery :)

Title: Re: cigarette lighter stay live
Post by: Miggy24 on 13 October 2008, 15:34:08

thats where i have put it lol so if the fuse does go its easy to get too :y

Title: Re: cigarette lighter stay live
Post by: tintin on 15 October 2008, 21:00:30

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thats where i have put it lol so if the fuse does go its easy to get too :y

You actually mean less wire to burn out ;) :D