Hardwire phone charger

[Guest]

hi i have a subaru legacy and i want to hard wire in my iphone charger so i dont have to use cig lighter 1 as thats in use for my gps and dont want cords going everywhere.i just want to hardwire in my i charger on the drivers side somewhere what is the easy and safest way to do this as i dont know fuk all about electrical side a things but keen to give it ago.thanks in advance

[nickch]

with the cigarette lighter plugs.. it might be a bit difficult.

for example. with iPhone USB cables, you normally need a 5V source in order for it to charge..

so most cigarette lighter plugs will have some form of DC-DC convertor to bring 12V->5V..

I would try and pull it apart.. There would be some form of PCB.

Find out where the 12V inputs are.

Find a small plastic box to contain the PCB... solder wires where the 12V from the cig adapter goes.. and hardwire it to your ACC source behind the dash..

Sorry if its vague. but it's what i'd do in my mind..

[Scoobydoo]

The ciggy lighter won't have the convertor, the charger would. otherwise anything else needing a 12V input wouldn't work.

I've hard-wired many things in the past and have always used the ignition and earth wires that the stereo use, as they are often the easiest to find and access, I'm not keen on chopping up the wires under the steering column.

You can use the same method for your GPS so you can hard-wire that in as well, freeing up your ciggy lighter plug altogether.

[Guest]

Hardwire a 240v power inverter to the battery and use your household chargers

[DRFVDR]

 555v7sti said:

Hardwire a 240v power inverter to the battery and use your household chargers

+1 I run a inverter in my truck for various things :)I also run a total of 4 ciggy adapters also run a dedicated 5v usb port

U could run another ciggy lighter and hide it up under dash and just plug your adapter in

[Scoobydoo]

Yeah you can do that too, that way it keeps the convertor in the charger.

[DRFVDR]

ehehehh ninja edit

[Carbon]

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[Scoobydoo]

 DRFVDR said:

ehehehh ninja edit

What you talking about Willis. But yeah I thought about what I said in my first reply and realised you would actually need a plug to keep the charger intact.. so changed my reply haha

[Scoobydoo]

 Carbon said:

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PFFT double... get a TRIPLE

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[subieboy]

 DRFVDR']

[quote name='555v7sti said:

Hardwire a 240v power inverter to the battery and use your household chargers

/quote]

+1 I run a inverter in my truck for various things :)I also run a total of 4 ciggy adapters also run a dedicated 5v usb port

U could run another ciggy lighter and hide it up under dash and just plug your adapter in

That would be the best way to do it.

I think 4x4 Aus did a write up on how to install one a while ago, have the article somewhere too if the OP is interested.

[spark_38]

Why not install an additional lighter socket in a glovebox? That way you can plug more 12V devices in discreetly. Get the sockets with the rubber covers, so stuff doesn't short it out when not in use.

The ACC/IGN feed off the ignition barrel is a better source for power, it will be fused much higher than the 10A for the stereo - which can easily be overloaded. Where ever you take the feed from, make sure it's fused as close as possible to the feed (and not at the socket end).

Or get a longer USB lead and hide the 12V charger bit behind the stereo console, and route the wires where you want them

[DRFVDR]

I first thought glove box too but he did mention on drivers side so I changed it

in todays cars one power supply is never going to be enough wait until u have kids then u need like 20 in the back as well