can u use this to recharge ur car battery if it died by connecting it to the lighter of another car
165267
It will not work. I wouldn't use 20 gauge wire for any load greater than 1 AMP.
165268
Actually, yes, it should work - although it would be much more efficient to use jumper cables directly between the batteries, and you would need another adapter between the female receptacle on the cable and the female receptacle on the vehicle.
193475
Yes, it can you simply use the included cigarette lighter connector but remember most autos won't charge to this connection when the ignition is off.
1948804
The car charger will draw current from your car's battery. Depending on the cigarette lighter plug in your car that you use, some will allow things to still draw power when the car is shut off, some will not. If you find one that is still providing power when the car is shut off, you can leave the maglite plugged in, but if it requires a big charge it may drain too much of your battery. I would have some jumper cables handy the first time I tried it.
1709163
Yes. What's even better is you can get a $10 power converter that will convert that cigarette lighter into a usb power station, and you can now use this device in your car.
392732
You need to connected to a 12 volt battery and is very important to use at least no. 4 cable to be sure the stuffs you connect runs well. Is too big for a car lighter but work.
2069354
Yes. It's a 12v like car cig lighter. I attached it to my Motorcycle battery so I can charge my phone when riding. Like use gps etc. Make sure you add fuse to wiring!
1528836
Yes, if you use it with your car turned off. As long as the engine's running your battery won't be drained.
1060032
Can't be used to recharge a battery but there are plenty of cheap chargers out there. One of the answers said you could using the cigarette lighter plug, this is for recharging the unit not for recharging your car battery. For a reasonable slow battery charger, I recommend the battery tender junior.
165825
No. I recommend you only hook it directly to the battery as it draws too much current to connect through the cigarette lighter and will likely blow fuses in your vehicle.
1958030
I wouldn't. When your car isn't running it doesn't charge and I would think there's a possibility it might discharge. You can get a good, full charge by plugging it into a USB port on your computer for about 3-4 hours and the charge should last about a month
2068098
To use this plug you need to conect first direct on batery of the car. So you can use as actual lighter
18689
Seems to me you can charge it in your car using a voltage inverter plugged into your lighter.
2234228
It doesn't have a car lighter plug, so no. I used it to convert my usb headphones to my Iphone jack
1586421
Yes you can so long as you have a constant 12v source. In other words, wire it straight to battery or 12 constant on the fuse block. Most cigarette lighter plugs go off with the ignition so you need constant.
1993942
It appears that it would take a cigarette lighter. I do not use it for that. The items I use will plug into a cigarette lighter socket in my car. Hope this is of some help.
2117978
If you don't know anything about electronics, maybe this isn't for you. You can cause problems for your car if you do it wrong. What I did was to find the wires to the cigarette lighter and connected the red wire to it and ground the black wire.
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Yes, I got a lighter socket from Radio Shack and wired it directly to the car battery. Just takes a small hole through the firewall to the engine compartment to run the wire. Then mountit under your dash. Works Great. Make sure to buy the large enough panel! (next size up from this one.