Thread: 300tdi Defender Air Con Ignition Feed - where does it come from?

fuse 28 sattelite fusebox, see attachment, scroll to air conditioning and see the proper diagram

sorry, just realised you are after an older version

You may be better off tracing the wire yourself. While the A/C is an AMC kit, they were fitted by the vehicle processing centres around Australia so you might find each one had their own way of installing/wiring it.

Found it .... piggyback spade connector on the back of the cigarette lighter.

Originally Posted by towe0609

Found it .... piggyback spade connector on the back of the cigarette lighter.

This comment solved a really frustrating problem I'd been having with the air-conditioning in my 300 tdi Defender, which had decided to stop working (the airconditioning, not the Defender). I'd been dicking round trying to work out what was what with the elctricals and getting frustrated. So I searched all AULRO posts on 300 tdi Defender airconditioning and came across the quoted post. So, now enthused, I went back to the cigar lighter (which I don't use) and found the piggyback connector mentioned above. Then I discovered that there was no power to the cigar lighter as the fuse for the lighter had blown. Once fuse replaced the Air-conditioning roars back to life!!

Moral of story - if your air-conditioning fails on a 300 tdi Defender, then do the obvious thing and check the fuse for the cigar lighter!

Michael