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<div><br></div><img src="cid:D4338DAF-2AF7-4F01-940E-BFC8A7A2919A" class="ymail-preserve-class inline-image-guid-D4338DAF-2AF7-4F01-940E-BFC8A7A2919A rte-inline-saved-image" data-guid="D4338DAF-2AF7-4F01-940E-BFC8A7A2919A" contenteditable="false" alt="Inline image" style="width: 100%;"><div><br></div><img src="cid:1E052CD8-FFCD-4E5C-BB7C-974BEB5AA60C" class="ymail-preserve-class inline-image-guid-1E052CD8-FFCD-4E5C-BB7C-974BEB5AA60C rte-inline-saved-image" data-guid="1E052CD8-FFCD-4E5C-BB7C-974BEB5AA60C" contenteditable="false" alt="Inline image" style="width: 100%;"><div><br></div><span id="yahoo-rte-cursor-span"></span><br><br><br><div class="yahoo-signature"><a href="https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_Internal_EmailSignature&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=Global_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100000604&af_sub5=EmailSignature__Static_">Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone</a><br></div><br><p class="yahoo-quoted-begin" style="font-size: 15px; color: #715FFA; padding-top: 15px; margin-top: 0">On Sunday, September 10, 2023, 11:13 PM, Juan Jiménez <k1cpr@bd5.com> wrote:</p><blockquote class="iosymail"><div id="yiv3399830282"><div><div><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 clear="none"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv3399830282gmail_quote"><div id="yiv3399830282yqt23115" class="yiv3399830282yqt4332999001"><div dir="ltr" class="yiv3399830282gmail_attr">On Sun, Sep 10, 2023, 10:05 PM <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:apizer@comcast.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:apizer@comcast.net">apizer@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;" class="yiv3399830282gmail_quote"><div lang="EN-US" style="word-wrap:break-word;"><div class="yiv3399830282m_9165408897475281471WordSection1"><p class="yiv3399830282MsoNormal">Hi Joann,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="yiv3399830282MsoNormal">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="yiv3399830282MsoNormal">Art<u></u><u></u></p><p class="yiv3399830282MsoNormal">NF1A<u></u><u></u></p><p class="yiv3399830282MsoNormal"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" 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><u></u><u></u></p><p class="yiv3399830282MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"><p class="yiv3399830282MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> bars <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:bars-bounces@w1hh.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:bars-bounces@w1hh.org">bars-bounces@w1hh.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Joanne Dolan<br clear="none"><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, September 10, 2023 4:22 PM<br clear="none"><b>To:</b> Joanne Dolan <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:dolans.family@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:dolans.family@gmail.com">dolans.family@gmail.com</a>>; BARS Reflector <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:BARS@w1hh.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:BARS@w1hh.org">BARS@w1hh.org</a>><br clear="none"><b>Subject:</b> [bars] Cigarette lighter malfunction.<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="yiv3399830282MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="yiv3399830282MsoNormal">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 clear="none">
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