Stoopid effin' cig. lighter plugs!

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:



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


Now here's a 13A plug



Notice the similarity.


Now look at Brand X cig. lighter plug



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











Does this look familiar to anyone?












This is a 16A plug!!

CJhaughey

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.

..or hard-wire anything over 40W

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!

CJhaughey

Moomat wrote: »

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

Probably Ex-German?

Moomat

CJhaughey wrote: »

Probably Ex-German?

The van or the previous owner?

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.