Hi,
Quick question about re-wiring the electrics.
We have a conversion with 2 halogen lights running off the leisure battery.
As they got so hot and aren't really used I'd like to remove 1 and use the wire to power an mp3 player using the 5v power supply that came with it (obviously removing the plug end)
Is this as simple as I'd like to think it is and if so what 'interface' do I need to convert to the necessary volts and amps?
I'm a bit of a muppet so if the battery needs disconnecting for safety reasons
then I'll let an auto electrician do it as would also like to run blinds off the leisure instead of the starter battery.
Any help gratefully received.
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Hi
If you want your blinds to work off the leisure battery, just follow Pippin's instructions below:-
Look at the fuse board by the drivers right knee.
Remove the fixing screws and wiggle it forwards so that the rear is visible.
Counting from top left to right the numbering goes 1 to 8.
Fuses 1 to 5 are fed by a thick white/red from fuse BTN under the bonnet, which is always live.
(the fuse, silly, not the bonnet!)
Fuses 6,7,8 are fed only when the ignition is on via the thick red/black wire.
6&7 are curtains L&R, 8 is cigarlighter & mirrors.
1] If you do not have a secondary battery:
You can either select just the cigarlighter/mirrors or probably easier and handier select those and the curtains so that you can operate them without the ignition on.
Cut the thick red/black wire going in a couple of inches from the rear of the fuseholder for 6,7,8. Insulate the end that comes out of the loom.
Use a short length of similarly sized wire to extend the end going into 6,7,8 and tap it into the thick white/red that feeds fuses 1-5.
If you want to select just fuse 8 for the cigarlighter/mirrors then you would have to identify the blue wire coming out of fuse 8, cut that and insulate the end coming out of the fuse 8. The blue wire going into the loom would then need an in-line 15A fuse fitting and then tapping onto the aforementioned thick white/red that feeds fuses 1-5.
2] If you have a secondary battery you may wish to feed things from that rather than from the engine battery.
The instructions above are modified only by disregarding tapping anything into the aforementioned thick white/red that feeds fuses 1-5.
Instead you would need to connect it/them into an appropriately fused wire connected to the secondary battery.
While you are at it you could also feed all the internal vehicle lighting from that source as well.
To do so, cut the blue/red wire coming out of fuse 1 and insulate the end coming out of the fuse. Fit an appropriate 10A inline fuseholder to the end disappearing into the loom and connect it to the secondary battery.
So, there you have it! If in doubt - ASK!
Can't help with your halogen lamp query - I just have an adaptor that plugs in to a cigar lighter socket and reduces the the voltage from 12v to 3v,4.5v,6v,7.5v and 9v
If you want your blinds to work off the leisure battery, just follow Pippin's instructions below:-
Look at the fuse board by the drivers right knee.
Remove the fixing screws and wiggle it forwards so that the rear is visible.
Counting from top left to right the numbering goes 1 to 8.
Fuses 1 to 5 are fed by a thick white/red from fuse BTN under the bonnet, which is always live.
(the fuse, silly, not the bonnet!)
Fuses 6,7,8 are fed only when the ignition is on via the thick red/black wire.
6&7 are curtains L&R, 8 is cigarlighter & mirrors.
1] If you do not have a secondary battery:
You can either select just the cigarlighter/mirrors or probably easier and handier select those and the curtains so that you can operate them without the ignition on.
Cut the thick red/black wire going in a couple of inches from the rear of the fuseholder for 6,7,8. Insulate the end that comes out of the loom.
Use a short length of similarly sized wire to extend the end going into 6,7,8 and tap it into the thick white/red that feeds fuses 1-5.
If you want to select just fuse 8 for the cigarlighter/mirrors then you would have to identify the blue wire coming out of fuse 8, cut that and insulate the end coming out of the fuse 8. The blue wire going into the loom would then need an in-line 15A fuse fitting and then tapping onto the aforementioned thick white/red that feeds fuses 1-5.
2] If you have a secondary battery you may wish to feed things from that rather than from the engine battery.
The instructions above are modified only by disregarding tapping anything into the aforementioned thick white/red that feeds fuses 1-5.
Instead you would need to connect it/them into an appropriately fused wire connected to the secondary battery.
While you are at it you could also feed all the internal vehicle lighting from that source as well.
To do so, cut the blue/red wire coming out of fuse 1 and insulate the end coming out of the fuse. Fit an appropriate 10A inline fuseholder to the end disappearing into the loom and connect it to the secondary battery.
So, there you have it! If in doubt - ASK!
Can't help with your halogen lamp query - I just have an adaptor that plugs in to a cigar lighter socket and reduces the the voltage from 12v to 3v,4.5v,6v,7.5v and 9v
John
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