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YOUR RESEARCHCharging battery - but how to turn off the boot light ?
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Recommend pulling the alarm system fuse, as it will
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I wouldn't recommend pulling the alarm system fuse, as it will set off the alarm siren.
Charging battery - but how to turn off the boot light ?
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I wouldn't recommend pulling the alarm system fuse, as it will set off the alarm siren.
Charging battery - but how to turn off the boot light ?
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Hi - does anybody know as my front bonnet HAS to stay open? I opened the fuse box to see if I could pull out the fuse but there is no fuse plan in there????
Please can someone help (car is uk 1998 c2).
Thank you.
Are you not able to shut the bonnet whilst charging?
I can, but the crocodile clips on my trickle charger are quite small.
I simply trail the cable out of the top of the bonnet (by the windscreen).
Cheers
Adam
I'm afraid not - this is a bulky "proper" charger which has a big extension lead attached to it. I don't want to leave the charger in the boot.
Does anybody know the fuse number so I can just turn off the boot lights ?
Can you just pop the cap off or do you have to take the rather large black case around the light off? Don't want to mess about with it too much
Don't mind the bulb fusing just don't want to mess the recharge process up by having the battery being used to power the light?
The light is just clipped into the black panel. You can unclip it with your fingertips. Once it's out, the connector just pulls off the bottom. Just make sure the cable doesn't drop back through the opening - not that it is difficult to remove the panel to retrieve it.
THANKS AGAIN RICHARD !!!!!!!
Took 5 secs to pop the light and disconnect it.
I'm so used to my M3 where these little things were considered - guess it's the quirks of the car which no doubt I'll come to love
ETA: I have found a fuse plan on the net, but I think that's for the american cars as it suggested fuse A5 but that didn't do nothing...will track one down from an indy!
The latch on a 996 is quite a bit different to the 993. The latch itself is under a plastic panel with a slot in it for the 'striker' bar on the lid. You can't see the latch mechanism, and it would be a bit fiddly to set it with a screwdriver, etc.
Hi Richard - I used the one from Renntech - does that imply the boot light is A5?
As for the other question - my light was still on after 20 mins - so didn't experience any auto shut-off
A5 is for the instrument cluster lights and rear number plate light. The interior lights are controlled by the alarm system. I wouldn't recommend pulling the alarm system fuse, as it will set off the alarm siren.
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