<div dir="auto"><div>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.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Sep 10, 2023, 10:05 PM <<a href="mailto:apizer@comcast.net">apizer@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="m_9165408897475281471WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Hi Joann,<u></u><u></u></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.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Art<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">NF1A<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/48-521-Cigarette-Lighter-Plug-Binding/dp/B08PPSQZKQ" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.amazon.com/48-521-Cigarette-Lighter-Plug-Binding/dp/B08PPSQZKQ</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></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" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">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" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">dolans.family@gmail.com</a>>; BARS Reflector <<a href="mailto:BARS@w1hh.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">BARS@w1hh.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [bars] Cigarette lighter malfunction.<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></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.<u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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