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Old 06 July 2007, 03:42 AM
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Anyone modded cig lighter to permanent 12v? How is it done? MY04 STi PPP.

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Old 06 July 2007, 12:28 PM
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There's a permanent live to the stereo, you could use a feed from that.
Old 07 July 2007, 12:39 AM
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Too easy, should have thought of that. Had a golf that didn,t have one because of canbus system, or something..........
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Originally Posted by Charles aka Charlie
There's a permanent live to the stereo, you could use a feed from that.
Yes, but what is the current rating of the stereo compared with lighter?
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indeed, the wiring to the stereo will not be sufficient imo.
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Depends if you want your cigarette lighter to light cigarettes or to be an auxiliary socket to provide power to a piece of electronics, GPS, camera detector or whatever. If the latter then you can easily proivide enough power fom the radio fuse. If the former then I'm certainly not going to give you any help or advice for such a filthy habit
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Originally Posted by Chelspeed
Depends if you want your cigarette lighter to light cigarettes or to be an auxiliary socket to provide power to a piece of electronics, GPS, camera detector or whatever. If the latter then you can easily proivide enough power fom the radio fuse. If the former then I'm certainly not going to give you any help or advice for such a filthy habit
Assuming the radio power supply is not sufficient to run a lighter, there is no way anyone should be recommending that it will be OK becuase the lighter is not used for such - because it could be.

At best, you will blow a fuse, at worst, pile of ash and rusting shell.
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