E class cigar lighter wiring

[flying banana]

Can anyone enlighten me as to the connections to the cigar lighter in my e class. I'd like to use it as a hard wired power point for a phone charging cable, as it's easy to get to and close to the phone holder location.

There are three connections -

Brown (assuming ground)
Grey/blue tracer
Red/blue tracer

One of them is the switched feed for the lighten itself, one is the switched feed for the illumination - can anyone tell me which is which, and whether the brown is indeed the ground please?

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[Ted]

grey/blue is the illumination.
Red/blue should be switched (acc) live
Brown is indeed earth.

 

[Timster]

Before doing this - there is an option in the 211 series to switch a fuse in the front box to make the front 12v socket permanantly live - job done.

You'll need to check handbook / fuse layout for which one but I did it - took about 3 seconds IIRC!

Good luck!

 

[flying banana]

grey/blue is the illumination. Red/blue should be switched (acc) live Brown is indeed earth.

Ta

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[flying banana]

Before doing this - there is an option in the 211 series to switch a fuse in the front box to make the front 12v socket permanantly live - job done. You'll need to check handbook / fuse layout for which one but I did it - took about 3 seconds IIRC! Good luck!

I'll take a look but a switched live is fine for my current purposes - cheers

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