KillaJoules
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Forgot to update the thread, I finally got the beggars in. I finally found out how to get into the TD5 centre console.
You have to remove the top of the dashboard which is a pain in the arse.
I decided to run a 30a bable from the battery via a small blade fusebox in the battery box (Also wired the 12s caravan supply through this box too and have two spares for the future). This feed I took to a relay in the centre console.
I took the feed for the switch from the ignition live to the cigarette lighter (solid purple) and earthed the switch, relay and mirror heads via one of the windscreen wiper boxes. (its worth noting that I needed to do up all the nuts on both the wiper boxes while the dash top was off)
So do they work, hmm the drivers one does :frusty: no life from the n/s so will have to investigate again when I can be arsed.
However I can say, especially after driving through the recent foggy mornings that the mirrors mist over, that the heated mirror worked extremely well.
I am pleased that I wired them independently from the heated front and rear screens, certainly in the foggy conditions I didn't need the other heaters, just the mirrors.
Now for thos really cold mornings all I need is a demister for the internal mirror.
You have to remove the top of the dashboard which is a pain in the arse.
I decided to run a 30a bable from the battery via a small blade fusebox in the battery box (Also wired the 12s caravan supply through this box too and have two spares for the future). This feed I took to a relay in the centre console.
I took the feed for the switch from the ignition live to the cigarette lighter (solid purple) and earthed the switch, relay and mirror heads via one of the windscreen wiper boxes. (its worth noting that I needed to do up all the nuts on both the wiper boxes while the dash top was off)
So do they work, hmm the drivers one does :frusty: no life from the n/s so will have to investigate again when I can be arsed.
However I can say, especially after driving through the recent foggy mornings that the mirrors mist over, that the heated mirror worked extremely well.
I am pleased that I wired them independently from the heated front and rear screens, certainly in the foggy conditions I didn't need the other heaters, just the mirrors.
Now for thos really cold mornings all I need is a demister for the internal mirror.