I melted a cigarette lighter plug once...i was trying to run a 40 watt cb
radio and a 250 watt liniar off the plug....being young and kinda dumb, i
blew the fuse in the car, so i jumpered that with a piece of wire...and then
I blew the fuse in the cigarette plug...not wanting to be diswaded from my
mission, i wrapped the fuse in the adapter with tin foil and got on the
air...for about 3 minutes until smoke started coming out of the cigarette
lighter....the whole thing was a mass of melted plastic.
I'm surprised i didn't start a considerable fire in the van doing all that.
So to fix the entire issue, i used a pair of 50 amp 13.8VDC fuses, another
big battery and hooked it into the alternator of the car.
Things ran much more smoothly after that...except that perceptible power
drain sound of the engine nearly stalling when i keyed up as the car was at
idol.
That only happened when i used the 600 watt amp instead of the 250 hi.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 3:38 PM
Subject: Re: OT Keeping track of things
> 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]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> 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
>>>
>>> *---* *---* *---* *---* *---*
>>> "Be part of the PROBLEM -or- be part of the SOLUTION. Your choice."
>>> --Judge Joe Brown
>>> Robert & Dreamer Doll ke7nwn
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