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[Miggy24]

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.

[RobG]

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.

[iainb]

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This matbe safer

[Miggy24]

Thanks RobG i might give that ago

[Miggy24]

Anyone know what wire is the live

[RobG]

Have you not got a voltmeter to test :question

[Miggy24]

I have a muitl meter same thing isnt it

[RobG]

I have a muitl meter same thing isnt it

Yes mate. Will do the job.

[Miggy24]

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

[RobG]

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

Result

[RobG]

Ideally the inline fuse should be near the battery

[Miggy24]

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

[tintin]

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

You actually mean less wire to burn out