Messed up wires

[dazza2122]

I have had a quote to have my micra rewired cos its all been cut and butchered
they wanted £150 + to do it.

I lift it and ran a wire from the battery to power the sterio and speedo for the reason i wanted the rewiring.

Now i want a sat nav but dont hve the cigerette lighter or the wires as far as i know.

I thought if i run a posotive & negative wire straight from the battery and cut the wire that would be on the sat navs ciggerette lighter adapter and connect it up would it work ok.

I could fuse it depending on the fuse needed but i wanted to know if this would work ok.

Halfords wwanted £40 to hardwire it.

Thanks
Appreciate the advice any more info just ask

Dazza

 

[superls]

no, sat navs are 5volts, (well the ones ive had are) and obviously the car battery is 12, so expect smoke if you do. you would need a 5volt regulator or summat similar.

where do you live?

 

[butta]

just make sure you put a fuse on any wire from the battery and as close to the battery as possible otherwise you have a risk of a fire if there is a short circuit

 

[dazza2122]

if i wire a cigerette lighter splitter in fused obv

If i then connect it using the adapter out of the box will this work

Thanks

Dazza

PS i am from middlesbrough in the north east

 

[jabran200]

the wiring for the cigarette lighter is already in there its just a plug at least it was in my 1.0 don't see why it wouldn't be in yours. I was lucky enough to have a written off micra at my disposable and it took the unit form it and plugged it into my dash and took 5 mins.

So my advice is go to the scrappies and unplug this from one and plug it into yours and save yourself the hassle.

 

[dazza2122]

I can get a lighter from the scrappies i have got one but i dont have toe plug for it bhind the dash where it goes

All my wires were messed up before i got the car and i thought this might be an easy way to be able to plug in more than one device.

 

[ollyc98]

If i were you I'd get it re-wired, it seems expensive but wiring is important and you don't wanna find any other problems.
I'm re-wiring my car myself cos I don't like how it's been done, a Haynes manual will help you with wiring diagrams etc.

 

[dazza2122]

I know but i only intend hjaving the car while i get used to driving cos i only passsed ma test not long ago then im upgrading to a better one so all i want to know is if my idea will work for #### sake i only wanted to know it it would work and all ####ing people are coming up with is what ive thought a way aroound this

 

[ollyc98]

Chill man, yeah your idea will work

 

[curtis]

abuse is not helping anyone! stop having a go and listen to these people becuase they know so much more than you do,

why ask for help when your just gonna throw it back at us! grr grr

 

[dazza2122]

i know you trying to help but beacuse the car was only £200 i dont want to spend money on it as its onli a banger 4 ma first car however ciondition is good

I dont mean to have a go but i did post to find out if this would work for me Thanks for telling me olly

I appreciate