I have a couple of things plugged into the 12 volt socket in front off the armrest
Now I've found it a bit of an inconvenience that it's only live with the ignition on
So I thought I'd see if I could make it permanently live and not controlled by the ignition, but I didn't really want to chop the wiring about
This is how I did in case anyone else wants to do the same
You need to pull down the glovebox (it's explained in the manual) to reveal the fuse box, in the middle of the fuse box you will see a yellow 20 amp blade fuse (location f40)
You will notice it sits a slight bit lower than the green 30 amp fuse to its left.
Remove the yellow 20 amp fuse,now move it up slightly until it is parallel with the green fuse next to it, push the fuse back in.
Your 12 volt accessories socket is now permanently live
Best of all its easily reversed if you change your mind
Now I was concerned that I may accidentally leave something plugged in and flatten the battery
But that can't happen as the battery monitoring system on the car will still shut it off if the battery starts to get low to leave enough power in the battery to still start the car
Anyway it may be of use to some of you
Cheers
Now I've found it a bit of an inconvenience that it's only live with the ignition on
So I thought I'd see if I could make it permanently live and not controlled by the ignition, but I didn't really want to chop the wiring about
This is how I did in case anyone else wants to do the same
You need to pull down the glovebox (it's explained in the manual) to reveal the fuse box, in the middle of the fuse box you will see a yellow 20 amp blade fuse (location f40)
You will notice it sits a slight bit lower than the green 30 amp fuse to its left.
Remove the yellow 20 amp fuse,now move it up slightly until it is parallel with the green fuse next to it, push the fuse back in.
Your 12 volt accessories socket is now permanently live
Best of all its easily reversed if you change your mind
Now I was concerned that I may accidentally leave something plugged in and flatten the battery
But that can't happen as the battery monitoring system on the car will still shut it off if the battery starts to get low to leave enough power in the battery to still start the car
Anyway it may be of use to some of you
Cheers