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Old 19th February 2020, 10:35   #1
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I’ve had an original torch & socket gathering dust in the garage since my daughter’s 2002 V6 met its end. I know the torch isn’t up to much but the socket could be handy however my 2004 has the later type fuse box.

The blue plug has a green, black & purple going into it, ideas please as to how I wire this into the existing loom or cig. lighter loom, are the same colours present?

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Old 23rd February 2020, 15:54   #2
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You wont need to worry about colors, if you have a multimeter.
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I wired mine into the fuse box behind the glove box. All I did was to plug a piggy back fuse connector into an ignition switched supply.

That gives me one socket that is ignition switched along with the original that’s live all the time.
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Old 23rd February 2020, 16:46   #4
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Thanks for the replies, found an earlier post by "Black Olive"

purple wire to fuse 5 20 amps

green wire to fuse 6 10 amps

black to earth star point behind carpet in passenger footwell

Next problem will be if I ever get down to the fusebox, will I ever get up again?

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Thanks for the replies, found an earlier post by "Black Olive"

purple wire to fuse 5 20 amps

green wire to fuse 6 10 amps

black to earth star point behind carpet in passenger footwell

Next problem will be if I ever get down to the fusebox, will I ever get up again?

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Same for me. Some jobs are definitely two man jobs. The helper is there to get you straightened up again after you've changed the fuse.---
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Old 23rd February 2020, 21:34   #6
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Same for me. Some jobs are definitely two man jobs. The helper is there to get you straightened up again after you've changed the fuse.---
You're not kidding. Only wish Rover had continued with the SD1 Ser II fuse boxes on top of the dashboard.

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