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Looked at that mike, want to retain look... possibly
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=4...
Sorry can't figure how to hyperlink in my phone and tired lol
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=4...
Sorry can't figure how to hyperlink in my phone and tired lol
M series Cigar Lighter - A Cautionary Tale
When I first owned my Taimar, back in the early 90's, for some time it was my daily driver, and parked outside. One night the alarm went off, and I went out to the car and found that the mirror had dropped off the screen setting the alarm off. For some reason the alarm wouldn't reset, so I just locked the car and went to bed. The next morning the car wouldn't start and so I jump started it and set off to work. On the way whilst changing gear, I thought 'its a bit warm around here', and discovered that the cigar lighter was depressed and was very hot.
What had happened is that the mirror had dropped off, falling onto the cigar lighter, pressing it in. For some reason it hadn't auto ejected when up to temperature (and it was wired straight to the battery not through the ignition circuits/relays) and so had drained the battery overnight causing the jump start.
From that day forward, I never had a Cigar Lighter in the car, I just count my stars that it didn't combust during the night!
My advice would be to wire a 'hidden' 12v output for charging devices, sat navs etc into the glovebox, and either remove the lighter from the centre console, or put a dummy lighter in (for originality looks!)
When I first owned my Taimar, back in the early 90's, for some time it was my daily driver, and parked outside. One night the alarm went off, and I went out to the car and found that the mirror had dropped off the screen setting the alarm off. For some reason the alarm wouldn't reset, so I just locked the car and went to bed. The next morning the car wouldn't start and so I jump started it and set off to work. On the way whilst changing gear, I thought 'its a bit warm around here', and discovered that the cigar lighter was depressed and was very hot.
What had happened is that the mirror had dropped off, falling onto the cigar lighter, pressing it in. For some reason it hadn't auto ejected when up to temperature (and it was wired straight to the battery not through the ignition circuits/relays) and so had drained the battery overnight causing the jump start.
From that day forward, I never had a Cigar Lighter in the car, I just count my stars that it didn't combust during the night!
My advice would be to wire a 'hidden' 12v output for charging devices, sat navs etc into the glovebox, and either remove the lighter from the centre console, or put a dummy lighter in (for originality looks!)
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