Re: [T3] Explain this! (cigar lighter and fogs - constant power)

[Per Lindgren <lindgre@online.no>]

<x-flowed>The fogs on my Audi are wired to constant power, which bugs me a bit. 
There has been a couple of times when I have forgotten to turn off the 
lights when I park, with a drained battery as the result. The headlights 
(on 71-up) VWs and Audis cuts out when you turn off the lights, so I 
guess I need to rewire the fogs on my Audi. The light buzzer doesnt 
always work as it's supposed to.

On my 73 Square I did it a bit more simple. I gave the fog light switch 
power from the "X" contact on the ignition switch. As long as I have the 
fog switch ON I wont forget to turn on the lights when I go for a drive. 
I did of course use a relay as well, so I wont burn the X circuit in the 
ign switch (even though the switch is $10 at the FLAPS). And if you 
wonder why I dont want to forget turning on the lights, it's because 
it's mandatory to have lights on 24h. If you're caught without you can 
get a ~$75 fine.

Having the cigarette lighter wired to constant power makes a lot of 
sense to me, especially in this day and age of handheld communication 
devices. It is nice to leave i.e. the cell phone charging in the car, 
without having to have the ignition on.

PerL
73 Variant L


Toby Erkson wrote:

> Makes sense to me.  I go a step further and wiring my radio to have constant
> power instead of traditional ignition-only.  I don't want to have to have keys
> in the car to listen to the radio/cassette/CD/whatevernewiscoming.


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