Solar charger

[Shackeng]

Thanks for all the help, I shall look for the live feed inside first, but I'm not going to enjoy the grovelling on my back. 

Remove the two screws from above the fuse box & pull the whole thing out .............. as far as the wiring behind will allow. 

Only got to find a good earth then.

[Andy B]

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Only got to find a good earth then.

There must be loads of earths around the car, the whole body is one! 

[Kevin Wood]

Pin 16 of the diagnostic socket has a permanent 12v supply.

A permanent 12V supply goes to each seat for the adjuster / heater.

The accessory socket relay is fed from fuse 27 which is a permanent live, and doesn't appear to supply anything else critical.

Permanent 12V feeds are generally colour coded red.

Most of them are fused at 20A at the fuse box so a smaller inline fuse at point of connection would be a good idea. As said, this can be tiny, as the solar cell won't pass much current.

[Shackeng]

Thanks Kevin.

[TheBoy]

Even easier, if the car is phone prewired, is 12v and 0v on the phone loom, behind glovebox...

[Shackeng]

Even easier, if the car is phone prewired, is 12v and 0v on the phone loom, behind glovebox...

What are the clues to that? It is a 3.2 Elite '51 plate with Bose.

[TheBoy]

saloon or estate?

[Shackeng]

Saloon

[TheBoy]

4" aerial on roof? If so, likely prewired for phone

[Shackeng]

4" aerial on roof? If so, likely prewired for phone

Yep, thanks for that Jaime, I'll have a look, but the glove box will still have to come out!

PS How will I recognise the phone loom?

[TheBoy]

4" aerial on roof? If so, likely prewired for phone

Yep, thanks for that Jaime, I'll have a look, but the glove box will still have to come out!

Yup, about 15 mins to remove glovebox

[TheBoy]

Phone prewire is a MID type plug (actually, more accurately, a CID type plug), but 16 pin (IIRC). Usually secured to loom/duct behind glovebox with masking tape. Very obvious once glovebox out normally

[Shackeng]

Phone prewire is a MID type plug (actually, more accurately, a CID type plug), but 16 pin (IIRC). Usually secured to loom/duct behind glovebox with masking tape. Very obvious once glovebox out normally

That's like Klingon to me However, if I look for an unused plug it should be the one.

[TheBoy]

Phone prewire is a MID type plug (actually, more accurately, a CID type plug), but 16 pin (IIRC). Usually secured to loom/duct behind glovebox with masking tape. Very obvious once glovebox out normally

That's like Klingon to me However, if I look for an unused plug it should be the one.

Ah, yes, sorry, thought you'd had a MID out before.

Yeah, its pretty obvious

[TheBoy]

If not, post up pic with glovebox out, somebody will show you