Will this work in a car lighter jack or only a truck? Some say these types of products are blowing their fuses?
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Not sure if it will work in a car; my husband drives a cement truck and uses it with no issues in the truck.
1249989
Only used in Truck. Have not blown any fuses. The only thing is it does take longer to heat things up.
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Yes, it does blow the fuses of ordinary cars, but you can simply change those car fuses to higher rating 20-30A. Same goes for those cig socket splitter, just replace its fuse.
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I use it in an 05 Chevy Impala with no problems. I wasted my money on the foil inserts though. They do not fit properly. A local Walmart or Job Lot will have better fitting inserts. Heavy duty foil works just as well. It does get hot after about 15-20 minutes. For the money it's not bad and Ihave never had a fuse problem as yet. Hope that helps.
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Most Cigar lighters work for these however in my case I use it in heavy equipment. To warm up my lunch on the go so it works well for that. I couldn't say if it works in all cars but most lighter have 15 amp. to 20 amp.fuses
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Patrick: I cannot answer your question directly except to say that I looked up the spec's for your radio and it says that the vehicle power cord for this unit is rated at 5v output so it shoud work properly, (especially if the plug going into the radio fits properly). I hope this helps.... If it blows out the radio, then there is too much power going to the radio. If on the other hand, the power cord blows out and NOT the radio, then there is too much power going into the adaptor and it will blow the fuse therein. Make sure you only have 12v going into the power cord fromt he vehicle's battery.
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I do not believe this will work with the lighter circuit if the circuit is hot all the time. It's been my experience that the circuit has to be interrupted by ignition switch activity to work properly. If you are looking for just voltage source where you activate and turn off your unit, it should work fine.
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My cord did the same but did not blow a fuse , that thing is very weak - it may work in Barbies car but not a real one !
1110445
Yes, it works with either car lighter outlet and it's actually a great thing to have. Third phone to car device I've had and it's the only one that's lasted more than a month or two.
1525017
Works great for a Quick Fill Up , I run My car and plug it in works Great , and I have NEVER burned out a Fuse
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I don't know about cigarette lighter plugs, but it works fine with all my 12v power plugs in my trailer. I use mostly to plug in a 12v fan.
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I had 2 sets connected to a cigarette plug in my truck which had to a 15 amp fuse with no issue
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Should be able to, if it doesn't blue your vehicles fuses, but the cord is very short.
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Yes. It works in the lighter, as well as the power ports on newer vehicles.
854205
I just blew a 10A fuse on my cigarette lighter. I have another that is 20A fused. No issues on that one.
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The lighter plug has a fuseThe fuse may have blownTry a technical place like radio shack to see if the can test it or get you a USB adapter
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It's an auxilary cord and only plugs into that specific hole in your car. It will not plug into a cigarette lighter, you will probably hurt yourself trying. It's just like plugging in your headphones into any cellphone. It's a tiny connector.
854204
I am curious about this too. Has anybody used this successfully in a vehicle with 10 amp fuses?
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The fuse is a spare in case the one in the unit blows. You have to take apart the plug that goes into the cirgarrette lighter, It just unscrews. I believe the red thing is the double sided tape so you can mount the unit to your car. I had a problem with my unit and returned it. The gauge wire was so small the unit would turn on and off caused by bumps in the road. Might also have been caused by bad electrical connections. Anyway I had a problem with the unit staying on just powering a GPS and a small MP 3 player. No real electrical load to speak of.
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It blew a fuse in my car at an end on inflating a first tire. I was adding 7psi. this was 30A fuse (2 sockets on this circuit). I returned it because of this event. I didn't want to experiment whether it was a single event or failure of this one inflator, or typical over-current.
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I know this is an old post but it may help someone. Interesting that they'd say 9-12V. It will probably work, but this is what I know about car electronics. I'm a product design and electrical engineer and I've developed lots of products that plug into car cigarette lighter sockets. The 12V power is really "noisy" meaning there are spikes and jolts and surges all over the place. It's a nominal 13.5V on most electrical systems, though the newer cars with advanced electronics may clean that up a bit. But here's the deal: The "nominal" (average) already exceeds their 9-12V spec, and when you consider the spikes and surges, I'd think you'd be risking blowing out your DVD unit to plug it in with a direct 12V cord. The 9V cord not only transforms it down to a lower input voltage, but it has a switching regulator that adapts very quickly to quell spikes and surges. The replacement adapter from Philips is $12, but hey, that already fried! It probably didn't "fry itself", but more likely was fried by the car you used it in which may have had worse surges than the average car. I would get the $20 one from Radio Shack (m/n 273-369). Take in your player to a store and they'll fix you up with the correct tip in the right configuration. I'm not insensitive to your need for economy, but you are risking frying your whole $130 DVD player for want of $10 or $20 for a good power cord. Go without those Lattes for a week and get a quality power cord.