Excellent solution Tony, is the z3 a standard blade or a micro?
just seen this, quite good
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Been a while since I was in my Z3 fuse box Simon but I think they were standard blade type. If you have a look on eBay search add a fuse, prices ranges from £2.50 ish upwards.
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Thanks Tony, makes the job look a lot easier than ripping out wires under the centre console, will check tomorrow, cold outside
Not true Jim both circuits are fused separately that's why there are 2 fuse slots. That's the beauty of these add ons, they don't all rely on one fuse.
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Tony.
Must be something I've not seen, I love learning new things every day!! JIM
OK, job done, didn't get a fuse adaptor as I didn't want to have to run a wire into car, so just put 5 amp inline fuse to cigarette socket, pictures below, hardest part was just hand filing the blank plate, otherwise less than 5 minute job, and now sat nav and phone can charge without losing skin on knuckles changing gear and bashing the cigarette lighter adaptor
Great write up - just to confirm my assumptions - you bought the loose dual USB item from ebay and then made your own holes in a blanking plate for the USB ports to fit into and then you glued them into final place using a glue gun??
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spot on, easy, just add an inline fuse and epoxy blank back, the clips on the blanking plate aren't strong enough I think to have the usb pulled and pushed in
btw... I see it is now out of stock - must be appearing in "a Z3's near you shortly"
http://ebay.us/b4BLRs
Might fit?
Might fit?
This is the one I fitted http://ebay.us/FcyChu
wow real cheap now
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Car-Boat-...888063?hash=item5b15bf627f:g:H-sAAOSwu4BVr2JB
even cheaper
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Car-Boat-...149632?hash=item4646a85cc0:g:m24AAOSwSHZWe5ND
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Car-Boat-...888063?hash=item5b15bf627f:g:H-sAAOSwu4BVr2JB
even cheaper
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Car-Boat-...149632?hash=item4646a85cc0:g:m24AAOSwSHZWe5ND
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these are quite smart too
http://www.lightinthebox.com/12v-2-...gps-car-charger-for-mazda-black_p2505688.html
http://www.lightinthebox.com/12v-2-...gps-car-charger-for-mazda-black_p2505688.html
Not sure they actually take the 12v down to usb voltages, they appear to be just the connection, but do look neat and tidy
the devices for stepping down are real cheap
just brought a cig lighter usb for 1.99, will open it up and take out the gubbins, there even cheaper