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okmunky · 08-20-2011, 12:07 AM

I plan to add a 12 volt outlet in the bathroom for charging my cell phone and ipad. Monkeys LOVE to play with electronics and the bathroom is the only real safe place. I am thinking I can piggyback on the lightswitch line and avoid having to run wire to the panel. Is this going to work?

Dunner · 08-20-2011, 12:09 AM

Sure will, just make sure you use the non-switched 12V lead.

Mr_D · 08-20-2011, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Dunner

Sure will, just make sure you use the non-switched 12V lead.

Exactly! I added two map reading lights to the cab of our MR, one on the drivers side I just found a spare fuse and hooked to it. On the passenger side I hooked into the lighted door handle which is on the same circuit as the porch light. The map light goes off when I turn on the outside light so I must have tied into the wrong wire!!

okmunky · 08-21-2011, 12:09 AM

Thanks guys! The members of this list help me not make dumb mistakes. Too bad y'all weren't around 37 years ago when I married that cheating #£€?+%.

Grimesy · 08-21-2011, 12:20 AM

I have found the socket sold by Pep Boys to work very well.

Don

W4MBG · 08-22-2011, 07:52 AM

a friend of ours says the same thing about a guy she married. "why didnt you guys tell me you didnt like or trust him?" not that she would have listened to us at the time...