Cigarette Lighter

Has anyone ever wired in a cigarette lighter to a Positive Earth car? If so any tips/help would be appreciated

Jase

Al did one for me, works a treat - not for ciggies obviously, but for charging the plethora of appliances we just can't live without!

only done 'em on neg earth though - am sure someone can help...............

I did one on my Positive earth MGA using a "marine type" lighter connector which was all plastic and had two electrical connections. I wired it for a negative earth plug and had no problems for two years in the Positive earth car. (Converted to Negative earth then).

Check the boat and marine dealers for lighter sockets. Most have isolated electrical connections and can be wired however you want.

Jim

discoman41 wrote:Has anyone ever wired in a cigarette lighter to a Positive Earth car? If so any tips/help would be appreciated

Jase

No differance. Just put the "+" on the wire, and the - (ground) on the housing.

CamelotR wrote:

discoman41 wrote:Has anyone ever wired in a cigarette lighter to a Positive Earth car? If so any tips/help would be appreciated

Jase

No differance. Just put the "+" on the wire, and the - (ground) on the housing.

I have a cigarette lighter, with positive and negative wires coming from it. I want to mount it in the dashboard. Is then just a case of red (positive) wire to car body somewhere, and the black (negative) wire to another live feed somewhere? Or do I have to put in an in-line fuse as well???

Don't want to start any fires!

Jase

Connect the "central" wire to a cable with a "-" and the housing (or ground wire) to the chassis. Take care to use strong enough cables (mini 2-2.5 quadrat). It is allways good to have a fuse inline with the cigarette lighter (maybe a bigger one 15-20Amps).

If You are not sure, get somebody do the job for You, if You connect misconnect it, You surely risk fire or damaged wiring loom.

Big_Al_Smith wrote:only done 'em on neg earth though - am sure someone can help...............

Sorry to Hijack Jase, am prob being a bit thick - assumed my car was negative earth, guess you're saying she's postive then Al?