Installing extra cigarette socket help

I did this the other week. I bought a cigarette lighter extension lead (plug and socket) i then chopped the plug off and unscrewed the end off the socket to check the polarity. (The wire connected to the middle should be the 12v and the one on the outside is ground). I then wired it up using crimp on ring connectors to the switched ignition live terminal under the dash and grounded the other wire on the grounding point in front of the pedals (large brown cable connects to it). Really easy job... took about 20 mins.

If you do it this way you'll need:
ring connectors (you can buy a box of them from halfords)
cigarette lighter extension lead (from most shops)


the cigarette lighter plug for your road angel will already be fused so you don't have to worry about that.

I did this the other week. I bought a cigarette lighter extension lead (plug and socket) i then chopped the plug off and unscrewed the end off the socket to check the polarity. (The wire connected to the middle should be the 12v and the one on the outside is ground). I then wired it up using crimp on ring connectors to the switched ignition live terminal under the dash and grounded the other wire on the grounding point in front of the pedals (large brown cable connects to it). Really easy job... took about 20 mins.

If you do it this way you'll need:
ring connectors (you can buy a box of them from halfords)
cigarette lighter extension lead (from most shops)


the cigarette lighter plug for your road angel will already be fused so you don't have to worry about that.

to remove dash panel: http://www.icecavern.com/howtos/leonlowerdashtrim/main.php

If your gonna use one of those why wire it in? Just simply plug it in!

ChrisUK said:

Just been thinking, would it be possible to wire up a 4 way socket extension to the switched supply in the car, to hardwire more than 1 thing (i.e. Road Angel, Sat Nav etc) ?

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I've got a 2 way one of those for my laser detector and sat nav....not got around to fitting yet but thought I'd attach it under the dash somewhere discrete and just run the other connectors to it.....that way at least everything is easily dis-connectable if I ever change car.....

ChrisUK said:

Cheers for that Matt - I know this sounds like a stupid question, but what type of wiring do I need ? Is it all pretty much the same ?

Thanks

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It won't draw much current, not like an amplifier would.
If you do what I did and buy an extension lead. The wire is already on the socket, you just chop off the plug and bare the ends.

ChrisUK said:

Just been thinking, would it be possible to wire up a 4 way socket extension to the switched supply in the car, to hardwire more than 1 thing (i.e. Road Angel, Sat Nav etc) ?

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yes, just chop plug off and wire it in. dead easy!

I did this on my elise, bought a double (chav) one as cheaper than the single one from Halfrauds. Yes it does look a bit naff (lights up) but is hidden behind dash so does not matter.

Anyway, I conectd it to harness for hifi therefore switched!

Should work same on Leon?

ChrisUK said:

Sound.

As you stated above, one of the wires is the 12V & one is for the ground. I take it these 2 wires are both within the plastic sheath ? Did you just strip them & connect as necessary ?

If so, are the colours different & extinguishable ?

Plus what size ring connectors ?

Sorry for all the Q's - just dont want to fcuk anything up !!!

Thanks in advance - will be popping down to Maplins in a few hours

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Yeah you just strip them and put the ring connectors on them.
Don't know the size, i bought a box of assorted sizes and just used what fitted.
The wire on mine was like speaker cable, two wires side by side, I just traced each one back up to the socket to work out which one was which.

you need this mate http://www.maplin.co.uk/Search.aspx?criteria=BV47B&DOY=11m3

if you can't open the socket to work out which wire is which, use a multimeter and check continuity between the connections in the socket and each wire. The centre of the socket should go to the 12v feed. The outside should go to the car body.