[Boatanchors] BMW Mini Automobile Radio Installation query

[Jim Degenhart]

Another consideration, is it a true cigarette lighter. Some new cars 
have an accessory power plug and not a cigarette lighter. The cigarette 
lighter will have a lighter in the socket a power plug will have a cap 
or door over the plug. If it is a true lighter it will have a metal 
shell if it is plastic it is a power plug. If it is a lighter it should 
be fused for 15 amps and a power plug will normally be from 7.5 to 10 
amps. If it is a true lighter you can tap the back side of the plug. I 
would add a noise filter and a battery saver. The battery saver will 
shut the radio off after a settable time. It will make your ride home 
much more enjoyable.

Jim Degenhart

KF9XK


On 9/9/2018 1:23, Robert Downs via Boatanchors wrote:
> I forgot to add that if the "spare" fuse is controlled by the ignition
> switch (so that the radio will only work with ignition on, there is in most
> cases a relay actually supplying voltage to the fuse.  In most cars, if the
> car did not originally come with the option that the fuse was for, the relay
> is probably not installed.  So you will also have to purchase and install
> the relay.  That was true in my previous Land Rover, and is true in the
> present one.
>
> If the fuse is hot with ignition off, you will have to never forget to turn
> off the radio when you shut down the engine.  Else you may come out the next
> day to a dead battery.  That may or may not be true of the cigar lighter or
> 12V socket.
>
> Robert Downs
>
>
> Robert Downs
>
>
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> Subject: [Boatanchors] BMW Mini Automobile Radio Installation query
>
> Hello;
>
>        I recently purchased a Mini (made by BMW) automobile and want to
> install a mobile VHF & UHF radio.
>
> I used to use cigarette lighter jack in another car. That did  not work well
> due to contact resistance problem.
>
> My question is;
>
> where is the best spot to tap a 13.8V DC to use a mobile radio?
>
> Current draw is about 7A max for the radio.
>
> Thanks in advance.
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