Re: Cigarette Lighter and USB Adapters

[Steve Buchholz]

Agree with Huw, it may be a bit of an inconvenient reach at times, but this will also minimize cables draped from the dash to the console and seats. 

Another possibility:  I wired in a triple "power point" adapter in the V8Qs which is relayed off the factory relay that allows the windows to operate after the key is shut off.  The box with the plugs nestles nicely between the driver's seat and console.  The power cable slips under the side of the console.  Now that I'm thinking of it ISTR using a single power point socket under the console, with the triple adapter plugging into that.  I took pictures which were to be part of a write up ...that was never finalized.  If there is some interest I can finish it up and post somewhere.

Steve Buchholz (mobile)

----- Reply message -----
From: "Huw Powell" <audi at humanspeakers.com>
Date: Mon, Dec 19, 2011 12:34 pm
Subject: Cigarette Lighter and USB Adapters
To: "Marc Boucher" <mboucher70 at hotmail.com>
Cc: <quattro at audifans.com>




On 12/18/2011 7:57 PM, Marc Boucher wrote:
> I ended up getting a neat little car USB adapter that was highly rated
> on Amazon. Manufacturer designs it to essentially be almost flush so
> that it becomes a permanent part of the car, given that cigarette
> lighters aren't much used anymore.
>
> Took some measurements of the USB adapter to see how much current it
> draws with nothing attached to it. It draws 26mA. Not a whopping amount,
> but its also not zero. And the cigarette lighter on the Audi in question
> does in fact stay on all the time....
>
> Finally, it was the rear-window child lockout that was stopping the rear
> lighter from working. I'd forgotten about that.

So... plug the USB into the rear lighter and use the child safety switch to turn it on and off?
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