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Powering lights from twin electrics
Hello,
Does anyone know what the maximum power I can draw from twin electrics on the back of the D3 is please? I'm thinking of mounting some work lights on the back of my trailer and wondering if I can just stick a long lead and a plug on the end and plug them into the spare white towing electrics connector? I've got some old Safari 3000 lights in the garage that I thought I could use. Can't remember what they were rated at though...
Thanks,
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14th Feb 2008 4:02 pm
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Another post about finding a perm live for a DVD seems to make the rating 40amps to the white socket.
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14th Feb 2008 4:13 pm
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Thanks very much.
Based on:
Pin 1: yellow -reverse
Pin 2: blue – battery charge (pre 99 caravans) post 99 caravans spare
Pin 3: white –earth
Pin 4: green – permanent live
Pin 5: brown – spare( pre99 caravans) (post 99 caravans ,extra earth to go to pin 7)
Pin 6: red – fridge
Pin 7: black – earth
I'm assuming that then I can just connect my lights (up to 480W (P=I*V) in total - though it's likely to be about 200W) straight to a long lead/plug wired to pins 3 and 4? Would you agree?
Thanks,
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14th Feb 2008 4:17 pm
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Yes, or you could use the bright LED solution that Wiggs & a couple of others have done at a fraction of the power. I'll just try and find the link.....
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14th Feb 2008 4:32 pm
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Slightly OT but are these connections the same colours in the loom in the NSR trim panel if the towing electrics aren't fitted?2020 BMW X1 18d XDrive X-Line Auto
14th Feb 2008 7:00 pm
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15th Feb 2008 10:59 am
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Ummmmm, Pin 2 and the other charge one used to charge battery in van etc, is this like a dual battery isolator thing, can this be conected directly to a aux battery to charge it when the engine is running and not discharge the main battery when stoped Or have I got this all wrong
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15th Feb 2008 11:48 am
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cotefarmboy wrote:
Slightly OT but are these connections the same colours in the loom in the NSR trim panel if the towing electrics aren't fitted?
Here are the colours and pins for the plugs in the rear cubby hole
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If you want a copy pm me with an email
The numbers next to the plugs (bottom picture ) are the pin numbers
Example C1381-6 ...6 being the pin number ..but you should be able to go by the colours.
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