Electrical issues - my weakness

[Mus Musculus]

So, like always I am stuck with some electrical stuff…

I have taken the centre console out, so that I could fit a new USB C adapter. It's supposed to wire easily to the cigarette lighter connection, but my car was specced with the option to delete the same. I naively assumed the wiring would still be there, but I don't seem to be able to find it.

Anyone has photos of what the wiring looks like? I just seem to have a little bulb wired to illuminate what the cigarette lighter would be.

Note: I've followed some instructions to remove the console and what cables to connect to, but it seems they are not the same for my car — 1998 1.9.

 

[colb]

They hide non used wires very well, check its not tucked under the carpet out of sight.

 

[Dre0415]

Depending on what your trying to plug in to that usb c I'd be careful. Unfortunately the cigarette lighter isn't ignition switched so if you leave something plugged into that wiring you could kill the battery. Personally if it was me I'd just use a 10$ test light to find some wires that are 12v ignition switched and then wire it to that. They do make add a fuses that make it very simple to do without making it super permanent and easy to remove. Unfortunately for you the z3s don't have fuse box inside the car like all the newer models so it's alot harder to do that.

 

[t-tony]

I tapped into the ignition fed live for the radio in my Z3 for a dash cam.

Tony.