Hi all,
I hope I can find someone that knows a bit more than me about the Fiat switched Power Outlet. :worship: I've posted this in general tech talk as I can't imagine my Qubo wiring is much different to a Multipla, etc, etc.
I've just put a leisure battery in the boot, and have run a fused lead from the leisure battery to a cig lighter plug that goes into the centre console ciggie lighter socket/power outlet.
The outlet is live only when the ignition key is in the "ON" position (MAR?). It goes dead when the ignition is off, and also when the engine is cranking. To me this looks remarkably like the output I would see from a split-charge relay, except perhaps that the output is live in the on position when the engine is not running....
Can anyone see any reasons why I cant just leave the leisure battery plugged in to the cig lighter in the centre console? (If it is ok, there is a spare power outlet plug hiding in the centre console that I could wire to permanently...:idea
Cheers,
Lee
P.S. I've seen some posts about the 12V outlet, but I'm not sure they answered the above.
I hope I can find someone that knows a bit more than me about the Fiat switched Power Outlet. :worship: I've posted this in general tech talk as I can't imagine my Qubo wiring is much different to a Multipla, etc, etc.
I've just put a leisure battery in the boot, and have run a fused lead from the leisure battery to a cig lighter plug that goes into the centre console ciggie lighter socket/power outlet.
The outlet is live only when the ignition key is in the "ON" position (MAR?). It goes dead when the ignition is off, and also when the engine is cranking. To me this looks remarkably like the output I would see from a split-charge relay, except perhaps that the output is live in the on position when the engine is not running....
Can anyone see any reasons why I cant just leave the leisure battery plugged in to the cig lighter in the centre console? (If it is ok, there is a spare power outlet plug hiding in the centre console that I could wire to permanently...:idea
Cheers,
Lee
P.S. I've seen some posts about the 12V outlet, but I'm not sure they answered the above.