made this out of my cig lighter usb brought of ebay for 1.99 (post above) broke it open and removed the gubbins, I will Velcro this to the top of the dash.
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I love your approach, simple subtle and very effective.
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Very nice. I need one of those bad boys
there well cheap, £1.99. will order you one if you like.
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Yes please. I'm feed up of my satnav leads hanging around the gear knob that would sort it out a treat
Could you not hide it in the dash and just pass the cables up?
yes you could but you wouldn't have easy access to the usb,s like this i can use the usb sockets for what ever i need them for.
no, it needs to be a cig socket type adapter, it needs to run from a 12v source. the one i brought has 2 usb sockets, one of them is 2.1A this will be good for running the satnav, the other is a 1A, good for running a cam or charging a phone. it might be possible to attach the sockets you have posted to the 12v powered usb, but the output for each socket would be lower ampage, if you were using just the one socket it would be fine but as soon as you start plugging other devices into the sockets the amps would drop on each socket.
problem is it plugs into another usb to power it, 5v supply
These are useful for laptops to connect multiple usb items such as mice, keyboards, printers etc - as a charging and interface tool they are very very poor
Just a thought. If you can find the wiring on the loom for the rear screen, which is standard for when you gave the hard top installed, the amps would be enough to splice in a usb split pair of fused connectors. You could then modify a switch blank to hold two usb sockets. Job solved
the supply is coming from the hardtop rear screen harness, it comes on with the ignition (as long as the demister button is on) I can then just switch it off it i don't need them. I was lucky, it had the mounts and all the hardtop harness already on the car when I brought it, inc the switch. its quite a useful feed as according to the Bentley manual it is 20A (though I have found a couple of errors in this manual).
Hi where did you get your roll hoops from ? I've got the same zed & don't mind if the top box doesn't open
thanx
Hi stacey, i got them from another member second hand, but they are listed new on ebay.Hi where did you get your roll hoops from ? I've got the same zed & don't mind if the top box doesn't open
Hiya ,Yes I've seen them are they easy to fit
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yes they just push in, you need to remove the covers on the trim, then i had to make the holes a little larger in the trim, this was easly done with a file.
Thanx