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Originally Posted by HPsauce
Fuses came to mind, but sadly the drivers footwell fuse (ideal location) for the reversing lights is shared with the automatic gearbox.  |
Thinking this through, that fuse (3.6) is "probably" just for the reversing light circuit, it's connection to the gearbox being that the circuit goes through the (totally mechanical) F125 switch.
Though the connection to the RNS is much more convenient for access anyway.
It does also mention cruise control (FL so not a separate ECU ) in the drivers manual and is connected to the RNS and parking sensors in some way, presumably in all those cases for "information" purposes not power.
Given it's a 10A fuse and I now have a pair of relatively low-power LEDs in place of the original 2 * 21W reversing bulbs my little electronic additions are not going to cause a problem. 
(No idea what the power consumption of the LED bulbs is, they came from AliExpress and were advertised as 50W which is clearly nonsense. Presumably that's the equivalent filament bulb so I'd guess about 5W each)
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions and extended leather. Ski hatch retrofit. Aftermarket reversing camera. DVB-T and XCarlink now removed as redundant.
2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation".  (Even rarer than a D2 S8!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one! 
Finally: gone, but not forgotten.....
1998 D2 PF S8. Agate Grey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, Tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors.
e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course.  (internal dimming mirror added later)
1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer.
And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!
Last edited by HPsauce; 4th April 2017 at 08:24 AM.
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