Lovely Origin Blue i - except...

[SGirl]

I splashed out and bought myself an Origin Blue i just before I bought the Griff. Good move that - the Griff, I discovered later, doesn't have a cigarette lighter. Oh.

Anyone got any good ideas on how I can power the Origin without the in-car supply? I'm very attached to my licence and it'd be a shame to lose it when I've got 400 quid's worth of preventive measure sitting at home!

[Richard92c2]

Hard wire it into the fusebox?

[raceboy]

Does it not have a lighter socket in the really logical place of the drivers door?
But my geodesy is wired direct to the battery I imagine a Origin Blue is similar ie only a live and a negative feed, if a hard wire option is not available you'd have to cut the fag lighter plug off, and see what you can do?

[SGirl]

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Hard wire it into the fusebox?

Mmm, could do. But I'm reluctant to go for a permanent solution because I'd also like to use it in my other cars.

Oh, but on the other hand the power lead is detachable... So I could hard wire a lead in and just buy another lead for use in the other cars? There's a thought.

Cheers!

[kevinday]

Buy an aftermarket cigarette lighter, wire that in then plug in.

[SGirl]

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Does it not have a lighter socket in the really logical place of the drivers door?

Nope. I sat there looking for it for half an hour the other night just in case whoever worked on the interior had had a bad day and put it somewhere sensible for a laugh , but no sign.

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But my geodesy is wired direct to the battery I imagine a Origin Blue is similar ie only a live and a negative feed, if a hard wire option is not available you'd have to cut the fag lighter plug off, and see what you can do?

Sounds straightforward - I'll give it a go! I've got a lead with a faulty plug that I can chop up anyway. We'll see what happens! Thanks!