Hard wiring my Road Angel

[starmist]

I want to hard wire my road angel into my 03 A4 tdi. However, I'm struggling to think where I can take a switched live feed from, as everything seems to work even without the key (radio, fag lighter, etc.) Can anyone tell me the location and colour of a suitable wire which I can use to switch a relay so that the Road Angel switches on and off with the ignition?

P.S. It would be useful if I didn't have to disassemble half the car.

[catso]

The Radio will have a switched live, if it's like my A3 there will be a sticker on the back of the radio which shows which wire is which, my phone is connected to a feed from the radio that is on only when ignition on OR if the radio is on whilst ignition off. Otherwise locate the fuse box and use a spare fuse output (some are on only with ignition, some always) - just use a blade connector to plug in to an unused fuse socket, that way you don't need to cut any wiring, also you really want to be fitting a fuse on the RA just in case.

[starmist]

Thanks for that. I'll have a rummage and see what I can find. Hadn't thought about the fuse box idea. Sounds like a good one. I'd like to run the charger for my Tom Tom One from it as well.

Just as well I don't smoke, with the amount of stuff that needs to plug into the cigarette lighter!

[Sssline]

Another option (and one I have just done over Xmas) is to buy an extension socket for the cigerette lighter/power point, wire this into the fuse box (I just pushed the wire in alongside fuse 5 and earthed to a bolt holding the fuse board) you can then plug your road angel or whatever into this without damaging its lead, so the fusing etc remains intact.
There is plenty of room above the fuse block to neatly store the adaptor (I fitted a triple socket extension in there to run Ipaq, Bluetooth GPS receiver and Snooper)