bruce_miranda

I'm trying to get some 12V feeds from the fuseboxes and its extremely simple except that I want to do it the right way.

See the picture, you'll notice (yellow circle) that there are a lot of free fuse slots but the bottom pins are missing. These pins are connected directly to the wires and then I think are clicked into the fuse box from the back. Does any one know the part numbers of these pins/clips.

bruce_miranda

anyone?

bruce_miranda

I think its one of these and I just need to figure out which one.

-- DOUBLE LEAF SPRING CONTACT 0,5-1,0 MM ? 61138377730 $0.56
-- DOUBLE LEAF SPRING CONTACT 1,5-2,5 MM ? 61138377731 $0.56
-- DOUBLE LEAF SPRING CONTACT 1,5-2,5 MM ? 61138377732 $0.56
-- DOUBLE LEAF SPRING CONTACT 4,0-6,0 MM ? 61138377733 $0.56
-- DOUBLE LEAF SPRING CONTACT 2,5 MM ? 61130007438 $2.34
-- DOUBLE LEAF SPRING CONTACT 0,5-1,0 MM ? 61131378906 $1.00

zen

You can use a "stakon" tab to stick in the hot side and use a inline fuseholder for the protection. Also they make a fuse that has a tab sticking out on one side on the front of the fuse so that you can use a female "stakon".

bruce_miranda

I knew about that but I actually wanted to take the wire from the back of the fuse box like the BMW wiring. Anyway I've ordered all of the above and will post which is the one we need. Goodness this experimentation is painful but that's why I post this stuff so that others can benefit.

The one thing I can't figure out is where is the circuit in the car that 'makes' the power source go to sleep. When I connect even a small camera to the fuse box directly I come back to the "High Battery Drain" message. However if I grab power from an existing device like the CD CHanger then all is fine. So obviously the CDC is being powered down somehow but the fuse box isn't. Its T 30G that I'm looking for.