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Stoopid effin' cig. lighter plugs!

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  • 22-11-2014 5:35pm
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    [Deleted User]
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    I've melted another of these and I'm all outta unmelted spares.
    These things are a joke as electrical appliances go.

    The ceramic sockets aren't so bad because they can withstand a cigarette lighter, the non ceramic type...don't even bother.

    Most of these I take apart are under wired and over fused.

    Lets look at the design:

    This is a 5A plug:

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    Notice the contact surface area, durability and thermal transfer abilities. These fit securely into three barrel receivers.


    Now here's a 13A plug

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    Notice the similarity.


    Now look at Brand X cig. lighter plug

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    15A !!? :eek: Spring loaded point contact and cantilevering from the socket!
    Someone's having a giraffe!

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    Does this look familiar to anyone?



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    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRXYPDftcQIXblzXH0Tg1TVkXzd18BLZVr05iaGrTv8smR7GseLrg

    This is a 16A plug!!


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    CJhaughey
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    Simple fix, go to the electrical supplier and ask for Hella/DIN plugs, very similar design to the Cigar lighter type but a lot stronger and better connections.
    Easily retrofittable to the dash in place of the cigar type.
    I use them in any stuff that needs to be secure rather than convenient.


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    [Deleted User]
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    ..or hard-wire anything over 40W


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    Moomat
    Registered Users Posts: 660 ✭✭✭Moomat


    CJhaughey wrote: »
    Simple fix, go to the electrical supplier and ask for Hella/DIN plugs

    Aha! I had wondered what these sockets were for in a second hand van I bought! :)


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    CJhaughey
    Registered Users Posts: 14,906 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    Moomat wrote: »
    Aha! I had wondered what these sockets were for in a second hand van I bought! :)
    Probably Ex-German?


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    Moomat
    Registered Users Posts: 660 ✭✭✭Moomat


    CJhaughey wrote: »
    Probably Ex-German?

    The van or the previous owner? :D

    The van was an Irish conversion, don't know about the owner! Had those little sockets everywhere.. I wrongly presumed they were connections for a lamp considering they were Hella. You're dead right, they are a very sturdy little connection.


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