Best cigarette lighter adapter for charging your mobile?
peter67 said
07:01 PM Mar 16, 2021
What is the average fuse rating for cigarette sockets, looking to use a medium to fast charger for mobile phone, cheers
Tony Bev said
07:49 PM Mar 16, 2021
Not a techie, just going by what little techie stuff I had picked up
Most of the male giggy ends you push into the ciggy sockets, have a 10 amp fuse, built into them
Therefore the ciggy sockets must be at least a bit more than 10 amp
A normal USB phone charger would be around 5 Volts at about 3 amps
From memory a few weeks ago, Jaycar had a fast USB phone charger around 5 volts, and a bit less than 6 amps (from memory)
I suppose it depends what size fast charger you have got
Whenarewethere said
08:03 PM Mar 16, 2021
My Land Rover it has 3 sockets & they each have 20 amp fuses.
But the back of the socket of one was too thin & I replaced it with an Anderson plug as I didn't need it as the original socket. Just added a plug at the other end so it simply plugged into the car's wiring.
What is the average fuse rating for cigarette sockets, looking to use a medium to fast charger for mobile phone, cheers
Most of the male giggy ends you push into the ciggy sockets, have a 10 amp fuse, built into them
Therefore the ciggy sockets must be at least a bit more than 10 amp
A normal USB phone charger would be around 5 Volts at about 3 amps
From memory a few weeks ago, Jaycar had a fast USB phone charger around 5 volts, and a bit less than 6 amps (from memory)
I suppose it depends what size fast charger you have got
My Land Rover it has 3 sockets & they each have 20 amp fuses.
But the back of the socket of one was too thin & I replaced it with an Anderson plug as I didn't need it as the original socket. Just added a plug at the other end so it simply plugged into the car's wiring.