Wath is a car socket
A lot of automobiles and other vehicles and boats, car van, campers have at least one world-standard type of car power socket mostly on the dashboard.
It is possible to connect a special designed cigarette lighter to a car socket. WARNING, Do not use this type of cigarette lighter in car socket extension cords, because most they can not handle the heat.
Other names socket
Other names for a car socket is: Car adapter, Cigarette lighter socket, Cigar lighter receptacle, DC power connector, DC OUTLET car OUTLET
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
Other names for plugs
How to make a car Cigar Lighter Socket female
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.
How
Take some tin plate and copper wire The sizes are in mm
Curve and roll the cylinder into the right shape.
Soldering the edges
Make this from beech or pine wood.
Assemble
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 and minus wire
Hammer with small nails
Be careful you do not hammer the nail through electric wire
Cigar Lighter Socket female is finished
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 :
- Low voltage power supply
- 12 volt battery power supply
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