Any thoughts?

[Joesson]

How well does your engine lid "pop" up normally?  The rubber stops have a screwthread so are adjustable, you can add a bit of bounce by adjusting them up.

This is a good point.
People screw them down for better panel gaps and then wonder why it won't open.

Only some people.

[moredun]

Will 10 amps be enough if you're actually going to be cranking the engine on it?

It is just to top up the battery, not for jump starting the car.

My battery pack can output 8A/hr so a 10 AMP fuse is enough. This will allow me to keep the battery topped up even when not using the car for long periods without having to remove the battery to charge it.

[11891952]

Any pictures of where you ran the cable through to the bin?

[moredun]

Any pictures of where you ran the cable through to the bin?

Just pulled it through the existing main wire loom, there is a rubber grommet surrounding the main wire loom that you can distort with a flat headed screwdriver to push the cable through. Just be careful not to damage the other cables.

if I get time, I will remover the bins to get a photo later on

[11891952]

Don't on my account!  But thanks for the explanation.

Also useful for charging stuff/chilling the champagne. (I'm only likely to do one of those, guess which! )

[1979scotte]

Don't on my account!  But thanks for the explanation.

Also useful for charging stuff/chilling the champagne. (I'm only likely to do one of those, guess which! )

Take a step back what's useful for chilling champagne?
I mean this car stuff is fun and all but thats a really important life skill.

[11891952]

Having a 12V cigarette socket in the luggage bins.   In this case for trickle charging the battery, but I'd say just as useful the other way around for powering things in the bins.  Or have a missed something?  (wouldn't be the first time! )