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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I you do get one of those plugs, cut any wires flush and wrap the terminals in good electrical tape (3M/Scotch 33; 88 etc.) so you don’t short to anything.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-Art<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> bars <bars-bounces@w1hh.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>apizer@comcast.net<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, September 10, 2023 10:05 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Joanne Dolan' <dolans.family@gmail.com>; 'BARS Reflector' <BARS@w1hh.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [bars] Cigarette lighter malfunction.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Joann,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Art<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>NF1A<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.amazon.com/48-521-Cigarette-Lighter-Plug-Binding/dp/B08PPSQZKQ">https://www.amazon.com/48-521-Cigarette-Lighter-Plug-Binding/dp/B08PPSQZKQ</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> bars <<a href="mailto:bars-bounces@w1hh.org">bars-bounces@w1hh.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Joanne Dolan<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, September 10, 2023 4:22 PM<br><b>To:</b> Joanne Dolan <<a href="mailto:dolans.family@gmail.com">dolans.family@gmail.com</a>>; BARS Reflector <<a href="mailto:BARS@w1hh.org">BARS@w1hh.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [bars] Cigarette lighter malfunction.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>It got so hot that the plastic melted and the soldered joint disconnected from the metal but the fuses still good.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>