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Hi, all. I need some help with a wiring problem (2003 4/4). A recent loss of all sidelights showed that all my sidelights, front fogs, number plate lights and cigar lighter work off the same fuse. Since I'm about to add a map light to the unused feed from the cigar lighter I'm concerned about overloading the fuse. I thought a good solution would be to separate the cigar lighter (and map light) onto a fuse of their own. Do any of you have any experience/advice of such a job? Any help would be most gratefully received. Thanks.
Roger
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The cigar lighter is usually rated at 10amp as it is a heavy load. Your map light would not be anything like that and if it is an LED it would be in micro amps.
You could run a separate fuse but the existing fuse would be fine.
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Thanks, Titus. I know there's an led option for the map light, so perhaps I'll take that route.
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Good idea to move the cigar lighter (oh, err, accessory socket  ) to a separate fused supply anyway Roger.
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Seems like an interesting challenge since the gomog-supplied wiring diagram doesn't quite match the reality of my car - only to be expected, I suppose.
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The unused lead from the cigarette lighter is used by Morgan when they install the optional map light.
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Fitted my Holden chrome map light yesterday using that feed. Still might isolate that circuit onto its own fuse.
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