[bars] Cigarette lighter malfunction.

[Kristie Connolly]

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On Sunday, September 10, 2023, 11:13 PM, Juan Jiménez <k1cpr at bd5.com> wrote:

If you are drawing 20A at 12VDC you are actually running 240 watts. Cigarette lighter type sockets are not rated for continuous duty at that high an amperage.

On Sun, Sep 10, 2023, 10:05 PM <apizer at comcast.net> wrote:


Hi Joann,

I too, like Geoff, use a Bioenno (not cheap) battery, but only for HF portable (POTA, FD, etc) when I am running 100 Watts and drawing up to 20 A.  For my 2 meter/440 mobile, I still use a cigar type plug but it is a heavy duty one with binding posts and can handle 10 A and is vented to dissipate heat. RadioShack used to sell them but they are still available on Amazon. See link below.  Or maybe Electronics Plus in Littleton, You-Do -It in Needham, auto parts stores or truck stops have them.

Art

NF1A

https://www.amazon.com/48-521-Cigarette-Lighter-Plug-Binding/dp/B08PPSQZKQ

 

From: bars <bars-bounces at w1hh.org> On Behalf Of Joanne Dolan
Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2023 4:22 PM
To: Joanne Dolan <dolans.family at gmail.com>; BARS Reflector <BARS at w1hh.org>
Subject: [bars] Cigarette lighter malfunction.

 

It got so hot that the plastic melted and the soldered joint disconnected from the metal but the fuses still good.
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