Where can I get a female cigarette lighter socket? [Archive]

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Reido

9th November 2009, 21:27

Sidewinder

9th November 2009, 21:29

would something like this work?
http://www.dse.co.nz/dse.shop/4af7e09400f065b0273fc0a87f3b074b/Product/View/P1677
And just wire it to the battery with a fuse?

Anyone with some more 'know how' than me care to share their knowledge?

:sweatdrop

Cheers
Reido

they have em at repco and super cheap, can get the flush mount ones aswell!
just tap it onto the stero or something

Chooky

9th November 2009, 21:31

Repco, Supercheap, Dick Smith.
You only want it for cell phone charger.. huh...?

Reido

9th November 2009, 21:32

bit of everything
GPS, phone, MP3 etc

huff3r

9th November 2009, 21:34

Yep, supercheap have them, probably cheaper then DSE too, they normally are... from memory between $3 and $8 depending on what brands/styles they have in stock... if they havent been hit by the price rises yet (all the bulbs went up heaps at the start of the year!)

Virago

9th November 2009, 21:41

Don't go cheap - you'll regret it.

Try this:

http://www.jaycar.co.nz/productView.asp?ID=PS2011&keywords=lighter+socket&form=KEYWORD

Nibblet

9th November 2009, 22:07

Go with viragos, or Burnsco is good too. Waterproof ones for boats so can mount them in the open. You shouldn't need to fuse it if your lazy as your plugs for whatever is being plugged into it will have a built fuse in the head. Otherwise this will make life easy

http://jaycar.co.nz/productView.asp?ID=SZ2045&keywords=inline+car+fuse+holder&form=KEYWORD

Insanity_rules

10th November 2009, 14:26

Yeah you can run it off a straight feed. Get the weatherproof one trust me!

The Pastor

10th November 2009, 14:28

DSE ones are CRAP. I had one that caught fire.

dipshit

10th November 2009, 15:09

I put one of those waterproof ones on recently. Powered straight off the battery via a relay triggered from the taillight circuit. (comes on whenever the key is on) I put in a 10 amp fuse between the battery and the relay and a 1 amp fuse between the relay and socket. I also put in an easily reached waterproof switch to the socket.