solar charger hook-up

[John Cody Forbes]

If it was a large chassis car it would be cake, but even on the small cars it's not a big deal. Just get a female lighter socket (preferably with a cover when not in use) from Radio Shack or your FLAPS and run some wires right to the battery. On a big car with the battery under the seat one could just leave the socket hanging out from under the seat and when needed place the PV panel on the rear deck. On the cars with the battery under the hood you'd need to pass the wiring through to the cockpit and maybe leave the socket in the glovebox or something to place the PV panel on the dash.

That way there's no tapping into and messing with the factory wiring. Want to go back to stock? Just pull the new wiring out, voila nobody would ever know it was there.

-Cody (mobile)

On Jan 2, 2011, at 9:44 PM, "Ed Kellock" <ekellock at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have a similar question due to a similar self-treat....
> 
> This is for the urq however... I don't think the cigarette lighter will work
> unless the ignition is on, so I figured the charging function won't work
> either.  
> 
> I surmise that I might have to do a bit of "custom" wiring but haven't
> pursued it further due to the weather (simpleton trial-and-error testing).  
> 
> Ed
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] On
> Behalf Of Kent McLean
> Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 7:33 PM
> To: quattro
> Subject: solar charger hook-up
> 
> 
> I treated myself to a solar battery charger, for the 200 Avant that doesn't
> get used much.
> <http://www.amazon.com/BEST-2-22-Watt-Solar-Panel/dp/B002Z07IJO/ref=sr_1_1>
> 
> The panel came with bare leads.  No problem, I'll just attach a cigarette
> lighter plug to it. But... my electrical knowledge is challenged.
> 
> Do I attach the positive + output of the solar panel to the positive +
> center electrode of the the lighter plug? Or should the + feed the negative
> - side of the plug, to keep the electrons flowing from + to -?
> 
> It seems like a simple question, but it has me flummoxed.
> 
> -- 
> Kent McLean
> 1999 A4 Avant, V6 Tiptronic
> 1990 200 Avant mit V8 conversion
> gone: too many to count, including my first, "Bad Puppy"
> 
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