<VV> cigarette Lighter Suggestion

[corvairduval at cox.net]

Every cigarette lighter I have seen from the factory was on a fused
circuit. Typically 20 amps. 

I can set steel wool on fire with a "D" cell, so you don't need hundreds of
amps to start a fire.

Frank DuVal

Original Message:
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From:  Sethracer at aol.com
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:14:12 EDT
To: GBrandes at loebermotors.com, NicolCS at aol.com, virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> cigarette Lighter Suggestion


 
When doing this take the time to put in an inline fuse to avoid a lot  of
smoke on any possible future lighter issues. Regards,  Guy  Brandes

 
Seth writes:
Well - Maybe. If you are just using the "power outlet" for other  things, 
like feeding electronics or charging the cell phone, determine what load 
it 
might see and "fuse" (or circuit breaker) it to your contentment. If you
will  
actually be using the cigar lighter, don't bother with a fuse. The heat
load for  
the actual element will pop about any fuse you put into it. The high load
is  
what creates the heat to light the cigar - or doobie, whatever you are 
setting  on fire! - Seth



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