twybrow
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| posted on 23/11/07 at 08:26 AM |
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Wiring for cigarette lighter
Which way around do you wire in a cigarette lighter (12v supply)? I don't want anything I plug in to run backwards! Is it +ve pin is the centre
and -ve to the casing?
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rgrs
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| posted on 23/11/07 at 08:28 AM |
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Yes
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rallyingden
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| posted on 23/11/07 at 08:28 AM |
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ElecTrickery
Yep You have it right
Centre +ve
Outer ? Case -ve
RD 
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twybrow
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| posted on 23/11/07 at 08:46 AM |
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Brilliant, thanks guys - and very responsive for early Friday morning. Well done, you go to the top of the class!
Here, you can have a smiley too! 
[Edited on 23/11/07 by twybrow]
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Macbeast
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| posted on 23/11/07 at 08:50 AM |
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Bugger!
I thought it was Saturday
Oh well
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mookaloid
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| posted on 23/11/07 at 10:07 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Macbeast
Bugger!
I thought it was Saturday
Oh well
I know how you feel
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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wilkingj
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| posted on 23/11/07 at 10:14 AM |
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Make sure you wire it with at least 16Amp wire, and put a 15 Amp fuse in line as well.
The current (Amps) spec for a Lighter socket is quite high, so ensure the wiring all the way back to the battery is the right size (and fused).
You dont want a fire due to using too thinner wire with a too big a fuse 
1. The point of a journey is not to arrive.
2. Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
Best Regards
Geoff
http://www.v8viento.co.uk
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robertst
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| posted on 23/11/07 at 12:06 PM |
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cigarette lighter on a locost?! thats quite a luxury for this car. adds weight, just take a lighter with you :p i'd rather have a radio.
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twybrow
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| posted on 23/11/07 at 12:38 PM |
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The feeling is, I am unlikely to be able to take the car away for long trips, if I don't have the ability to charge a phone or TomTom etc.
Don't worry - that is by far the most luxury my car is having. I traded cigarette lighter for windscreen - seemed like a good trade!
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Neil P
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| posted on 23/11/07 at 12:43 PM |
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How do you tell whether your cigarette lighter is running backwards?
Neil
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twybrow
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| posted on 23/11/07 at 01:38 PM |
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It cools rather than burns the cigarette. 
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BenB
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| posted on 23/11/07 at 01:47 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by robertst
cigarette lighter on a locost?! thats quite a luxury for this car. adds weight, just take a lighter with you :p i'd rather have a radio.
The SVA man said mine was the first Locost he's seen with a lighter socket (though obviously being anti-smoking I call it a 12v accessory socket
).....
Useful for charging the mobile whilst on a blat (even I don't hear it ringing!!!)...
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 23/11/07 at 01:50 PM |
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My socket isn't a lighter one, even though you could plug one in - it's got a flip-up cover that says '12v 10A' on it!
My trickly charger ( ) is usually plugged into it when the car's in the garage...
This discussion reminds me of a motorcyclist I saw in Austria - zooming along at 60-ish mph, smoking a pipe, and leaving occasional clouds of pipe
smoke behind him!
[Edited on 23/11/07 by David Jenkins]
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_Aero_
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| posted on 23/11/07 at 05:50 PM |
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I have wired outlets such as this with only a 1 amp fuse - it's not intended for an output only for trickle charger which are genrally
150-300MA. As Bike engines/batteries are not meant to be drawn from without being powered.
My 2p
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