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Hello guys need a little help,basically my 12v socket in my golf mk1 is not working and is a little weird as.it works on some 12v appliances but when I pluged in my sat nav it flicked the green light on the charger then died, the dash clock is also powered by the same fuse as the cigrette lighter but now that is going on and off so I was wondering how to wire a socket via the battery and what sort of amp in line fuse would I need, my understanding is black or brown to ground on bodywork or the battery and the red wire on the positive to battery with a inline fuse I looked on google and it said 35 amp inline fuse I thought this was a big amp for a 12v socket but I could be wrong,all help appriciated
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So 10amp, fuse with 14awg wires will be fine ? Sorry just want to make sure Il be ok as I need to do a journey soon so don't want to be left stranded with a dead sat nav,
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You only need 35amp if you are running a fag lighter, 5 or 10 amp should be fine maybe 15 depending on what you need to run
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I need to run my satnav, the other day I tried a normal charger and it was ok then the other day I put the sat nav on the original 12v socket and it flicked the charge light on the plug and went off taking my dash time clock with it but, now it just flicks on and off ( dash time clock) these are both run off the same fuse, I think its the wiring but I thought Il hook up and another 12v socket via the battery before I go looking at the wires, as I needed it for a journey I plan to be doing its a nearly 35 year old motor so expect a few gremlins appearing lol, so I think shal we say 15amp inline fuse with 14awg wire should take the Satnav well ?
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  I wired these in using a 'fuse tap' as a semi temporary measure until i sort my wiring out properly. No issues so far,only use them for chargers,sat-navs etc. |
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I see so is the sockets running of the 10amp, I put in some 14awg wires and got a 10amp inline fuse, the fuse board in my mk1 golf Is the old ceramic type fuses so I think the inline fuse is best option, but is 10amp ok for this ?
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Yes,the additional sockets are running off the 10amp fuse.the blue 15amp fuse is the original lighter fuse.
I just used some cable i got in the garage,no idea what the amperage rating on it is.
10 amp should be fine.
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Thanks hopefully get it wired up, thanks for the help guys appreciate it
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ChasR
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installing a 12v socket.ChasR
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Aug 10, 2016 12:52:59 GMT
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I know you say it is not wiring but I would check out your connections just in case. It could be something simple  . |
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Aug 10, 2016 20:46:51 GMT
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I got a feeling its the connections that need cleaning, as the dash clock works and when ignition is on it goes off and then might come back so I feel.its the connections need cleaning but I need to do journey this weekend so connected some new wires with a fuse to the existing 12v to get me by till I get round to.see connections, your right it could be simple as its a old motor so years off use might need a simple clean up, I used my satnav today and the new connection seemed good
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