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Car socket 12 volt


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[edit] What is a car socket

A lot of vehicles, including boats, cars, vans and campers have a world-standard power socket on the dashboard.

It is possible to connect a specially designed cigarette lighter to a car socket. WARNING, Do not use this type of cigarette lighter in car socket extension cords, because most can not handle the heat.

[edit] Other names socket

There are other names for car sockets including: Car adapter, Cigarette lighter socket, Cigar lighter receptacle, DC power connector, DC OUTLET car OUTLET

[edit] What to connect

what can you connect to this socket:

Chargers for, laptop computers, mobile phones, PDAs, GPS, Digital audio and video players, Electric razors, portable spotlights, thermoelectric coolers or heaters. DC to AC inverter

[edit] Other names for plugs

[edit] How to make a car Cigar Lighter Socket female

[edit] Why

With this system there will less mistake about the electric plus and minus polarity.

There is a lot of electrical equipment that fits in this kind of socket.

This socket is a world standard DC 12 volt socket.

[edit] How

cut tinplate
cut tinplate

Take some tin plate and copper wire The sizes are in mm

cut copper wire
cut copper wire


fold tinplate double around copper wire
fold tinplate double around copper wire
Tin plate and copper wire
Tin plate and copper wire


curve tinplate
curve tinplate

Curve and roll the cylinder into the right shape.

rolling the cylinder
rolling the cylinder
Rolling the edge
Rolling the edge


soldering the tinplate and copper wire
soldering the tinplate and copper wire

Soldering the edges

wooden insulator
wooden insulator

Make this from beech or pine wood.

tinplate ring and plastic ring
tinplate ring and plastic ring

Assemble


assemble
assemble



soldering the plus wire
soldering the plus wire
wire, beechwood, plastic, tinplate
wire, beechwood, plastic, tinplate

Soldering the plus

make sure you solder the plus in the middle and the minus on the outside. Find the mark on the electric plus wire. a lot of wire is marked in diferent ways.

Mark on the plus wire, you can find more information Low_voltage_connection_basics


soldering the tinplate on the minus wire
soldering the tinplate on the minus wire

soldering the tinplate and minus wire

hammer tinplate and beech wood
hammer tinplate and beech wood

Hammer with small nails

hammer NOT through wire
hammer NOT through wire

Be careful you do not hammer the nail through electric wire

car Cigar Lighter Socket female
car Cigar Lighter Socket female

Cigar Lighter Socket female is finished

make watertight with rubber
make watertight with rubber


Car cigarette lighter plug dimensions
Car cigarette lighter plug dimensions

[edit] How to make a car Cigar Lighter plug male

Coming soon link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_cigarette_lighter


You can connect the car Cigar Lighter female socket to the :


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