The cigarette lighter socket in the car is fused at 10 amps at the absolute
most and wired for that if you're lucky, never run high power with a mobile
powering it that way. I wouldn't go off low power personally powering it
that way.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Harrington" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 3:36 PM
Subject: Re: HT Amp with a cigaret lighter?
> Hi!!
> Thank you all for the help!! I'd never heard of power works before,
> however I will be keeping them in mind, as they seem like they have a
> lot of useful things for us amatures!!!
> I bought the lighter to powerpole adaptor, and I also saw that they
> had a T conector going to a sigaret lighter plug that's rated at 15
> amps, so I grabbed one of those to use my TMV71A with. Has anyone ever
> used a mobile like that before? I know the radio draws 14 amps when on
> high power, and the fuse is rated at 15... is their to small of a gap
> their? I'd love to be able to use my mobile since it has the voice
> chip, and more power than my HT and the amp, however, if I'm going to
> fry something in the vehicles I'm in, or fry my radio, I'd rather
> stick with the safer route.
> Thanks so much for your alls suggestions!!!!!
> Chris Harrington, KD8RPH
>
> On 4/24/12, Howard, W A 9 Y B W <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Chris,
>>
>> Sorry about my last post. The link was bad. Try this:
>>
>> http://www.powerwerx.com/adapter-cables/cigarette-lighter-plug-powerpole-1ft.html
>>
>>
>> Please note, since the link spans two lines, you will most likely have to
>> cut and paste it in to your browser and when you do, be sure to remove
>> the
>> space that will probably be added at the line break.
>> 73's
>>
>> Howard #3
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Chris Harrington" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 9:49 AM
>> Subject: HT Amp with a cigaret lighter?
>>
>>
>>> Good morning everyone!
>>> I haven't posted frequently to this list, but enjoy verry much the
>>> content and information it provides, so I was wanting to start off by
>>> saying thanks to everyone for all of the resourses/information you
>>> provide, it is really appreciated.
>>> I have a couple of basic questions, the first of which is does anyone
>>> know ware I can get a cigaret lighter plug to sodder wires for an HT
>>> amp to so I can run it off o the cigaret outlet in a car? I just
>>> ordered the MIRAGE BD-35 HT amp which ofers 45 wotts of output on VHF,
>>> and 35 on UHF. I have no way of permanently putting this device in a
>>> car, so was wanting to make it portable by puting an addaptor on the
>>> chord, however I don't know ware to find an addaptor that can handle 7
>>> amps of draw.
>>> Any help would really be appreciated.
>>> Thanks so much,
>>> Chris Harrington, KD8RPH
>>
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