Some of the lovely cell phone cheap ones don't have a fuse, I've seen one of 
them melt down pretty bad for my mother recently. The cord got pinched and 
the wiring wasn't quite enough to even make a good enough short to blow the 
fuse in the car, but the inside of the plug is destroyed, melted everything, 
it's not pretty.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 5:25 PM
Subject: Re: OT Keeping track of things


> Try unscrewing the front end of the cigarette  lighter plug.   The front
> plastic part along with the  metal tip  should unscrew and  the fuse is
> inside the  body of the plug.
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Robert Clark" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 4:56 PM
> Subject: OT Keeping track of things
>
>
>>    You know how quickly we can accumulate a pile of things that dont seem
>> to belong to anything.  Take for example chargers for batteries and 
>> radios
>> and cell phones etc.
>>
>>    Recently I asked about some sort of way to organize all those pesky
>> wall
>> warts.  I ended up getting a couple of real nice APC power strips with 11
>> outlets.  I am using one now in one location to ahndle, elts see, 3
>> battery
>> chargers (universal, 9 volt, and aa/aaa) plus cell phone and a couple
>> other
>> devices.  The wall warts have braille labels stuck on them and I am using
>> plastic non stick dymo tape labels on the connector ends (punch a hole 
>> and
>> use wire ties).  Works great.
>>
>>    Ok, while I was sorting things out, I rounded up 3 cigarette adapter
>> chargers.  They all appear tro have the same DC connector and know the
>> voltage output would be the same.  Supposedly, they have inline fuses.
>> Are
>> they inside the adapter itself?  Is there any issue with using any of the
>> three with the chargers?  I know that one of them goes to a particular
>> charger but the other two are up in the air.
>>
>>    Next time I will be sure to label things as soon as I unpack them. 
>> LOL
>>
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