Power / Accessory socket modification - Permanent Live

[sae70]

Silly little mod really, but one I've been wanting to do for a while now


When I first bought the truck I fitted a four way 12v accessory adapter, fed from off of the front 12v Power Socket

You can also see from this photo that it had the added feature of a battery / charge state indicator built in


As time has gone on and I've added a new Garmin Sat-Nav, iPhone & iPad charger and various DVD & DS chargers I've been wishing that it was a permanent live and not reliant on the ignition being on

So pulled up the lovely electrical schematics posted up by Bor S a while back https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0BwDYiToDUoPgYjNjY2QzZjgtNTZmYi00MWUyLWE2ZWEtNGQzOTg5Zjg5ZGI0&hl=nl and had a trawl through

Located and pulled out the relay with the ignition on to prove I had the correct item and then proceeded to modify to give me the desired results

Popped it back in

Hey-Presto This photo shows the Power Socket working with no ignition key in

Only problem now is that the battery state indicator is permanently on

Quick bit of open heart surgery and that's quickly sorted also

Just like BOMB disposal

Sorted

Luckily I still had the battery state monitor that I used in the Vit, so plugged that into the 'ol ciggy socket that still comes ON & OFF with the ignition switch

Job done and very happy

 

[adrianr]

Good mod

i suppose you could have just made a spade jumper and left the relay out of the socket altogether?

did similar mod for my elec windows when i go camping.

pull the relay and pop in the spade jumper then windows and roof have power without ignition key - permanent live as with your power outlet.

 

[sae70]

Good mod

Thank you

i suppose you could have just made a spade jumper and left the relay out of the socket altogether?

I did consider making a little jumper with a couple of male spades, but the two terminals that require joining are 9.5mm ones! Not a common size spade, easy to buy female connectors for but not male! The other option I considered was to make a little solid jumper from some sheet steel, but a bit time consuming. I'm happy with solution I came up with in the end, the relay will always be where it should be, should I wish to revert back to standard and to any other eye it looks completely standard should there be any problems

did similar mod for my elec windows when i go camping.

pull the relay and pop in the spade jumper then windows and roof have power without ignition key - permanent live as with your power outlet.