extra power socket

jabber

jabber

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 Hampshire
hi
has any one ever fitted a second 12v power socket in a z4 i use the cigarette lighter one for my garage remote control and would like to fit a second for my tomtom exc but cant decide the best place to put it, any ideas?
 
You can buy twin socket plugs converts single into double ........not the world's most elegant solution but does the trick
 
I would work out first of all where you want the power to be for the TomTom such that you don't have wires dangling everywhere.

One convenient place I'd go for woudl be the removable panel underneath the heater controls and above the ashtray. It's out of sight and easy to get to. and may well be room behind it. Remove that panel fit a socket and you can easily take a feed off the other socket a few inches away.

Failing that the kick panel above the drivers shins where the sounder is mounted woud be another possibility provided you can keep cables out of the way of legs and feet.

Since you're only running low power items the existing cable and fuse will be adequate to T into
 
thanks for the ideas the double socket is a no goer i have got 1 much to big for the zed
 
the removeable panel is no good as you would not be able to plug into it due to the angle it is at in relation to the centre console unless the accessory you were using had a very short plug, so am thinking of puting one next to the heater direction knob
 
I literally just fitted an extra one to my Z4 last weekend. I took a feed from the wiring going to the cigarette lighter: should be safe as I have no intentions of using both sockets at once (I hated having the TomTom powercable trailing across the dash with the satnav in the middle of the screen). I routed the cable:
- from the back of the ashtray
- under the edge of the centre console towards the driver's seat
- down below the seat (I couldn't be bothered fiddling with the carpet, but the seat is flush with the centre console anyway and hides it)
- below the seat under the first aid box
- and I've just left it as a flying lead for the moment under the seat

(I intend extending this up and under to the panel containing the speaker (as suggested by cj10jeeper) but haven't gotten around to that yet...)

My satnav now sits in the bottom right corner of the screen with the cable tucked down the side between console and door, is tucked into the bonnet release handle, and runs along the floor to to plug in under the seat. No risk of movement as I've used some velcro to stick to the carpet, but it's all tucked away anyway.

HTH
 
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