) what do i do wire it up to the cigarette lighter?
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Dominitry
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Won this on egay and it came today, (£18 ) what do i do wire it up to the cigarette lighter?
) what do i do wire it up to the cigarette lighter?
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smithy318i
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wire it up to the ashtray illumination bulb.
you MUST add an in-line fuse. otherwise you run the risk of frying your dimmer switch if you short it out while fitting it.
Bargain BTW
you MUST add an in-line fuse. otherwise you run the risk of frying your dimmer switch if you short it out while fitting it.
Bargain BTW
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What size fuse?smithy318i wrote:wire it up to the ashtray illumination bulb.
you MUST add an in-line fuse. otherwise you run the risk of frying your dimmer switch if you short it out while fitting it.
Bargain BTW
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Dominitry
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Bollox, i was dreading just wraping it around another wire now im really confused, i suck with wireing.smithy318i wrote:wire it up to the ashtray illumination bulb.
you MUST add an in-line fuse. otherwise you run the risk of frying your dimmer switch if you short it out while fitting it.
Bargain BTW
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smithy318i
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erm... I think i have a 3 amp on mine.Project_E30 wrote:What size fuse?smithy318i wrote:wire it up to the ashtray illumination bulb.
you MUST add an in-line fuse. otherwise you run the risk of frying your dimmer switch if you short it out while fitting it.
Bargain BTW
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Project_E30
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Sell it to me!Dominitry wrote:Bollox, i was dreading just wraping it around another wire now im really confused, i suck with wireing.smithy318i wrote:wire it up to the ashtray illumination bulb.
you MUST add an in-line fuse. otherwise you run the risk of frying your dimmer switch if you short it out while fitting it.
Bargain BTW
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Sounds like you got a bargain, I was over 40 quid for mine!
Although I haven't wired mine up yet it should be a piece of piss.
There will be a live and earth wire going to the bulb. I think the brown ones are generally the earth wires.
Although I haven't wired mine up yet it should be a piece of piss.
There will be a live and earth wire going to the bulb. I think the brown ones are generally the earth wires.
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Dominitry
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noooooo lol, one i got in the sport at the moment it just a cheap one, need to get this a bit cleaner before it goes in though.Project_E30 wrote:Sell it to me!Dominitry wrote:Bollox, i was dreading just wraping it around another wire now im really confused, i suck with wireing.smithy318i wrote:wire it up to the ashtray illumination bulb.
you MUST add an in-line fuse. otherwise you run the risk of frying your dimmer switch if you short it out while fitting it.
Bargain BTW
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is it a DIY jobie? it looks like one!
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The gearknob? no, came off an M3 the guy riped the plug off.