Modifications to wiring

[Wedders_Gasman]

I have piggy backed my autocom from the rear of the auxilliary socket and every thing is fine. I have now bought an optimate and I am considering the following.

Disconnect the wiring completely from the socket, but leave the autocom connected to the wiring.

Re wire the socket directly to the battery with a 10amp fuse so that I can plug in the optimate and anything else that takes my fancy.

Can anybody see a problem with this?

Thanks

 

[sye]

This will do the job you want for about $35 delivered in around 5 days. Excellent piece of kit and you can run as many sockets from it as you like. The one you would need is PKT-067-?? The last two digits is the length in inches. If you are going to use the original socket then you need a 12. If you are going to piggy back to a socket on the beak you need a 36. HTH

http://www.powerletproducts.com/products/bmw_ican_harness.php

 

[Wedders_Gasman]

This will do the job you want for about $35 delivered in around 5 days. Excellent piece of kit and you can run as many sockets from it as you like. The one you would need is PKT-067-?? The last two digits is the length in inches. If you are going to use the original socket then you need a 12. If you are going to piggy back to a socket on the beak you need a 36. HTH

http://www.powerletproducts.com/products/bmw_ican_harness.php

Thanks for the reply
It says on the website that it is for 2005 and later, mine is 2004 is that a problem?
Thanks

 

[gazza]

Fit a "cockpit tidy", they come with a socket and all you need to hard wire to the battery.
Fitted mine took about an hour.

Room for some switches also

 

[ncpierce]

Is the socket on the cockpit tidy a BMW plug size or the normal car socket size?

Thanks

Nigel

 

[gazza]

BMW size

 

[Alan1963]

Used the cockpit tidy myself - excellent solution.

 

[John Armstrong]

Might this be an idea: http://www.centechwire.com/catalog/panels/ap1.shtml

 

[jeff garnett]

Might this be an idea: http://www.centechwire.com/catalog/panels/ap1.shtml

Hi
£64 try NN

http://www.nippynormans.com/products.asp?dept=262

only £29 for the same article

 

[John Armstrong]

Hi
£64 try NN

http://www.nippynormans.com/products.asp?dept=262

only £29 for the same article

Being that it's a US site most of us wouldn't pay the $64.95 price but wold prefer to pay the $49.95 on line price, which converts to £26.29. Which excludes taxes, postage and VAT I'd guess.

All of which shows how good NN is

 

[GEOFFREY DEACON]

Wedders,,,,, your way is good, its the same thing I did and works a treat,
I put a std BM powerplug in the same socket, (ADV one as odd plug), direct feed to the battery and used the O/E socket wire to connect my Autocom

 

[Wedders_Gasman]

Wedders,,,,, your way is good, its the same thing I did and works a treat,
I put a std BM powerplug in the same socket, (ADV one as odd plug), direct feed to the battery and used the O/E socket wire to connect my Autocom

Geoffrey
Thanks for that I have done it now and everything is OK