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Thread: Any alternatives to cig lighter sockets and plugs?

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    Hi gps-au, I have some of those in stoke and was going to put them up on my web site but the more I looked at them the less I liked them.

    A good point is that they require a hole with only about half depth that a cig socket needs, but they require a square hole, not always the easiest thing for many people to cut and the PowerPoles that plug into them, stick out, so they are easily broken as one of the regulars on here has found out on a number of occasions.

    To take full advantage of these you must use suitably sized cable or your just wasting your time.

    If you can fit them somewhere where they won’t get knocked, they make great power supply sockets for bigger inverters and compressors.

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    Quote Originally Posted by drivesafe View Post
    If you can fit them somewhere where they won’t get knocked, they make great power supply sockets for bigger inverters and compressors.
    I have a unfused flylead of my second battery which on opening the bonnet I can grab for accessories.

    I have a 50A socket at the rear (circuitbreaker) for the trailer which can be used the same. When the bull bar goes on I'll add another 50A on/in it as well.

    Internally I use "rigrunners" for connecting accesories (fridge/s, etc) plus a 50A is also available internally as well ready for inverter use.

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    Quote Originally Posted by drivesafe View Post
    Hi Tote, that’s RMS, so be careful, from memory, continuos DC is a little over half that so its probably 17-18 amps constant DC.
    Good point, I should read the specs more carefully but that's still plenty for a fridge.
    Regards,
    Tote

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tote View Post
    that's still plenty for a fridge.
    Yep plenty big enough for a fridge and they are pretty robust plus they lock in place so can’t vibrate apart.

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