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Thread: BMW Flashlight -to-> Power Inverter

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    Default BMW Flashlight -to-> Power Inverter

    Here's a little mod to the BMW flashlight I did (it was broken).

    I didn't want to plug my nasty cheap power inverter into the cig lighter every time I used it, so I decided to turn the BMW flashlight casing into a little 12v plug hidden in the glove box.

    I dremeled out the inside of the flashlight & epoxied a fuse holder into it:


    Then the internals were soldered up (Yeah, I could have done better.):


    And here's the finished Frankenstein that I can keep hidden away in the glove box:




    that's my input for today
    [1994 530i/5-Speed]

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    input? or output? haha
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    Default the torch wiring is not sufficient for a power inverter

    the wires supplying the power to the torch are not of a suitable rating for mains power inverter - should keep yopu warm in winter though when you start a fire...

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    Quote Originally Posted by billy
    the wires supplying the power to the torch are not of a suitable rating for mains power inverter - should keep yopu warm in winter though when you start a fire...
    it's a very weak power inverter with a very old (low wattage drawing) laptop, you should see how thin the actual 12v supply wires were/are on the power inverter
    [1994 530i/5-Speed]

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