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Old 22-06-2009, 10:08 AM   #3
richard
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Sorry, but i'm going to say EEEK.

You can just buy a fuse holder that clips into the spare fuse locations at the bottom...
A003 545 13 01 and the contact that goes in it: A004 545 52 26

That part number above is the black one, so will fit in the one without a coloured dot (or you can just cut off the plastic key so it will fit in any)

And if you used a crimp on ring connector, you could have connected it to the proper grounding point (which you can see in your photo to right of SAM/fusebox)

(ps, same advice for powering stuff in front of car, but use fusebox at end of instrument panel under the end-cover)

There is also actually a 'accessory' output on the back of the SAM which (when a fuse is added) is used to wire in things like door sills, so you can buy the accessory loom and use that - I dont know the part number for that but dealer will if you tell him its for illuminated door sills. I dont know the max. current for that setup though.


Also, if you're being fancy you can plug in a relay, a fuse and connect to the back of the SAM and you can probably even get ignition switched power. I'd have to work out from the circuit diagrams which relay is which & which fuse is needed though.

Or if you want to do something equally freaky, you could add the roller blind switch at the front of the car, and add/use the roller blind relay to operate something when the switch is operated (you can have 2 things, one operated on up and one operated on down) (aha, now for the "Get back in the left hand lane you ...." light up sign).

Richard
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