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Quote: Originally posted by navver on 30/6/2023

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Quote: Originally posted by seanfdh on 30/6/2023

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What do you want to be able to charge and how long do you visualise being off grid?

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Quote: Originally posted by trog100 on 01/7/2023

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have you looked at the smaller solar power stations.. they may cost more than what you are thinking of spending but they would do the job..

trog

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Quote: Originally posted by Ernie DB on 02/7/2023

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I recall that Francais, who used to contribute regularly to this forum, had a simlar problem with the power socket being switched by the key, when his company car was changed. He used the socket to power his Waeco fridge.

The solution he found involved merely moving the power socket fuse to a different location in the fusebox.

For the Toyota Auris 2 fuse locations see
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https://fuseandrelay.com/toyota/auris-2.html


and scroll down to the photos. You will see that fuse positions 1 & 17 are for the cig lighter but only position 17 is populated (blue 15A fuse). Moving this fuse to the alternative position MAY solve your problem.

You can check this beforehand with a multimeter as follows; With key off remove the fuse from position 1 or 17 (there should only be one). Check for battery voltage between a good ground (Car body) and each contact in fuse receptacles 1 & 17, only one contact should be live. If this proves to be the case check continuity between the other contact in that receptacle and the contacts in the other fuse receptacle. There should be continuity to only one. If these conditions are met you have a fuse receptacle with a permanent feed for the cig lighter. Insert the fuse there! Handy hint - When probing auto fuse holders with some multimeter probes it can be difficult to make a good contact. Using a crimp on spade terminal of appropriate size (no need to crimp it) can help.

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Quote: Originally posted by Ernie DB on 02/7/2023

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I recall that Francais, who used to contribute regularly to this forum, had a simlar problem with the power socket being switched by the key, when his company car was changed. He used the socket to power his Waeco fridge.

The solution he found involved merely moving the power socket fuse to a different location in the fusebox.

For the Toyota Auris 2 fuse locations see
;
https://fuseandrelay.com/toyota/auris-2.html


and scroll down to the photos. You will see that fuse positions 1 & 17 are for the cig lighter but only position 17 is populated (blue 15A fuse). Moving this fuse to the alternative position MAY solve your problem.

You can check this beforehand with a multimeter as follows; With key off remove the fuse from position 1 or 17 (there should only be one). Check for battery voltage between a good ground (Car body) and each contact in fuse receptacles 1 & 17, only one contact should be live. If this proves to be the case check continuity between the other contact in that receptacle and the contacts in the other fuse receptacle. There should be continuity to only one. If these conditions are met you have a fuse receptacle with a permanent feed for the cig lighter. Insert the fuse there! Handy hint - When probing auto fuse holders with some multimeter probes it can be difficult to make a good contact. Using a crimp on spade terminal of appropriate size (no need to crimp it) can help.

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Quote: Originally posted by trog100 on 05/7/2023

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why not just buy a smallish lead acid battery and cobble up your own connections to it..

trog

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