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• Re: Will someone please go KILL this guy!!!
  Historical mailing list - Rob S.
  Wed, 15 Oct 2003 00:12:14 -0400
  ...fartsy weirdo an "artsy fartsy weirdo" like I did for calling cigarette butt-litterers lazy slobs. PS my gf is an art teacher and...
• Re: I get no respect
  Historical mailing list - David King
  Tue, 6 Apr 2004 16:40:22 -0500
  Would you believe one night I witnesses a person with a lit cigarette in one hand, a cell phone in the other and trying...
• Re: center console
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Mon, 28 Aug 2006 17:26:22 -0700
  ...It's from Sam's Club and cost me > $39.00. > > When not used as a warmer/cooler (cigarette lighter > plug) it makes a...
• Vanagon Driver's seat and adjustable armrest available- Hard to find
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Thu, 8 Nov 2001 11:45:04 -0800
  ...The seat is in good condition with a few minor and hardly noticeable cigarette burns in the front seat area, but seat covers can...
• Bad New Battery?
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:39:15 -0500
  ...Alternator is new as of July, and at idle it's charging over 14 volts at the cigarette lighter with no accessories on. The...
• Re: Inverter at Radio Shack
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Sun, 4 Dec 2005 07:05:21 -0500
  ...The > hard part to understand is how a 300 watt inverter can be expected to > work with a cigarette lighter plug. In the VW...
• Re: Smelly Interior
  Historical mailing list - Hotch
  Tue, 01 Oct 1996 16:46:58 -0400
  Chris Pittack wrote: > > Hey Ya'll > > The PO of Lewis smoked (Cigarettes!)...damn those POs...and I've been > trying to get the bad...
• Re: How to check if the Alternator is damaged or broken
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sun, 15 Jan 2006 22:18:35 -0500
  ...there are inexpensive led voltage monitors that plug into the cigarette lighter - handy to keep an eye on the voltage while driving without intalling...
• Auxiliary Battery Hook-up
  Historical mailing list - Markus Mumper
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 08:49:52 -0700
  ...and a separate 15amp fuse controlling the cigarette lighter. In the future I may add another cigarette lighter socket or two and they would...
• Beware of "hot/cold Igloo coolers "
  Historical mailing list - Leif Paulsen
  Fri, 12 Mar 1999 12:08:26 -1000
  ...and came across > those Hot/cold coolers that plug into your cigarette lighter at > McFrugal's... I want to mention I think they might...
• Re: Cigaarette Lighter removal secret
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 12 Jan 2016 10:32:07 -0800
  ...Cigaarette Lighter removal secret What is the secret to removing the cigarette lighter from the dash. I cannot see any way to remove this...
• Re: Shower for vanagon westfalia ???
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 11 Oct 1999 11:37:13 -0300
  ...I may modify it with a 12v water pump powered from the cigarette lighter, so that I'll have an 'on/off' ability, rather...
• Re: Weird radio problem
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Mon, 20 Jun 2005 09:56:33 -0700
  ...When plugging something like a cell phone charger into the dashboard 12v outlet (cigarette lighter), the radio sound cuts out (or diminishes so much...
• Re: USB power?
  Historical mailing list - Marius Strom
  Tue, 6 Sep 2011 22:12:42 +0000
  ...seat, and which operates off 12 VDC? I have a couple cigarette lighter sockets mounted there for your 12V appliances, but it's an...
• Re: Zodi Tent Heaters
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:34:21 -0500
  ...http://www.type2.com/archive/vintagebus/043445.html > I don't see why a person couldn't adapt a cigarette lighter adapter > plug-in...
• Re: Mini Fridge
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:51:02 -0700
  ...The thing is I already have a 300 watt >>> inverter that plugs in the cigarette lighter socket and I have my >>> son's dorm...
• Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Sun, 29 Jul 2007 19:12:18 -0400
  ...Is that typical? Also, when the alternator is charging, it shows 13.9 to 14.4 at the cigarette lighter (vehicle battery) but only...
• Re: LT28 Sighting / TDI Beetle Driving Impressions
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 6 Oct 1998 18:24:12 -0700
  ...I >especially liked the lack of a cigarette lighter and the presence of 2 - 12 >volt sockets (cigarette lighter sockets with cover). There are...
• Re: Heating system
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 Sep 94 10:43:32 PDT
  ...It sucks enough to blow out a lighted match at low speeds, and will consume all the smoke from a cigarette (when traveling at...
• Keep me from blowing myself up!
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Fri, 8 Nov 96 11:49:45 EST
  ...venting it to the atmosphere, I can see someone tossing a cigarette my way...)? Do the propane fill places have the capability to recover...
• Re: Horn gone
  Historical mailing list - David Feldstein
  Sun, 19 Aug 2001 15:03:41 EDT
  ...At the same time frame I had stuck a map light in the cigarette lighter. So I stopped using the map light (from Walgreens...
• Re: Sledge & Shameful Behaviour
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Tue, 20 Sep 2005 13:53:25 -0600
  ...stand on my head holding wrenches in my teeth w/ a cigarette in my mouth & a beer in 1 hand while adjusting a hard...
• Need interior fabric
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Delozier
  Sun, 01 Dec 1996 20:04:28 -0500
  ...It did not have arm rests for the front seats (that the po had burned with cigarettes) and the fabric for the rear cushion...
• Re: AIR COMPRESSOR POWERED BY BATTERY
  Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
  Sun, 8 Oct 2006 14:51:56 -0700
  ...tool in it's own right) & I use it with a 'cigarette lighter' extension cord like they sell at Target -- but if you're...
• Fluorescent with inverter was-Re: LVC adding LED interior lighting
  Historical mailing list - Ed Duntz
  Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:40:23 -0400
  ...LVC adding LED interior lighting > How about plugging an inverter into the cigarette lighter, then using a > 120v > flourescent light (the new kind) on...
• Re: 12V Circuit Breaker
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Wed, 1 Jul 2015 17:41:32 -0700
  ...work and 12V devices using a jump starter battery and >> a cigarette lighter plug with two alligator clips attached. The plug has a >> Buss...
• Re: Strange hole in dash
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Tue, 15 Jan 2002 07:19:51 -0500
  ...Mon, 14 Jan 2002 21:05:51 -0800 > >Anybody know what the little hole about 6" to the right of the cigarette >lighter is...
• Re: Who makes the straight-up pop-top?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 14 Jan 2000 09:16:34 -0800
  ...The entire inside was coated with cigarette tar, I don't think it could have ever been cleaned out! ASI continued for awhile to...
• radio code saver
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Thu, 25 Nov 2004 19:40:29 -0700
  Anyone ever built or used one of these? These what's, you ask? A 9-volt battery, a diode and a cigarette lighter plug...
• Re: dash removal, heater core flush, pedal assembly work
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 1 Feb 2011 18:42:43 -0800
  ...A late model dash with holes ,either cigarette or made by drill > bit or > screw. A complete heater box with core and fan and...
• Bass Players
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Fri, 8 Sep 2006 15:09:54 -0400
  ...It will plug in to a cigarette lighter outlet, ac outlet (inverter) or run of it's own battery for hours. It fits behind...
• Re: Woah! Didn't see that coming!
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Fri, 31 May 2013 20:07:26 -0500
  ...Prepping for my trip tomorrow, I took out this cell charger that I bought that fits into the cigarette lighter to test it out...
• FS: misc Vanagon parts
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Aug 1997 10:40:23 -0500
  ...handles, black - emergency brake plastic cover, black - side ash tray, black - cigarette lighter - porta potty for Westfalia (PO of my Westfalia gave it to...
• Re: Lousy Cigarette Lighter Plugs was inverter lighter plug cable?
  Historical mailing list - Jack Cook
  Thu, 31 Aug 2006 11:49:28 -0800
  Seems like drawing enough current to melt a plug should've blown a fuse first. UNLESS ... the contacts were already failing. Then as a...
• LVC adding LED interior lighting
  Historical mailing list - Ed Duntz
  Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:50:51 -0400
  ...I know that I could hook them up to a selectable voltage dc power supply plugged into the cigarette lighter, but I'd like...
• Re: Friday - some stunning Vancouver Island nature pics
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Fri, 1 Mar 2013 17:47:54 -0800
  ...and not a cigarette pack, butt or food wrapper in the lot ! right, Alistair, thanks again. � � �mike ________________________________ From: Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> To...
• Re: Cigaarette Lighter removal secret
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 12 Jan 2016 10:56:17 -0700
  ...n51219@comcast.net> wrote: >> >> What is the secret to removing the cigarette lighter from the dash. I >> cannot see any way to remove this...
• Re: Smelly Interior
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Tue, 1 Oct 1996 10:50:56 -0700 (PDT)
  So Chris Pittack says: > Hey Ya'll > > The PO of Lewis smoked (Cigarettes!)...damn those POs...and I've been > trying to get the...
• Re: vacuum leak
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 2 Jul 2012 11:14:43 -0700
  ...In the 80's, during my time apprenticing as band instrument tech, one of the techs showed me that trick (cigarette) to leak test...
• Re: Solar Panel - Diode question for Westy
  Historical mailing list - Melissa Mourkas
  Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:46:47 +0000
  ...I don't know if this has a diode or if a diode > >is in the cigarette lighter. > > It's self-contained, got everything...
• FW: For Sale (F)
  Historical mailing list - Anderson,Chuck
  Tue, 9 Mar 1999 10:27:35 -0700
  ...New Cigarette lighter, spark plugs and fuel filter. New spare tire. Recently purchased "Yosemite Sam; 'BACK OFF'" mud flaps, (included but not installed). Best...
• glove box removal
  Historical mailing list - James Fritz
  Fri, 28 Jul 2000 10:35:53 -0500
  ...I need to get at the cigarette lighter to repair/replace it. Tried sticking my hand up from under and down through the ashtray...
• Zodi Tent Heaters
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:37:48 -0800
  ...I don't see why a person couldn't adapt a cigarette lighter adapter plug-in though. The fan itself I doubt drawls even...
• Re: loose cigarette lighter
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:45:11 -0400
  Alan, My New Beetle has illuminated sockets, but they are have a red lighting ring, not green. I don't know what the dealer...
• Alternator problem
  Historical mailing list - db25
  Thu, 25 Jun 1998 11:52:00 EDT
  ...I open my sink drawer, it's a Westy, where I keep my multimeter, and check the voltage at the cigarette lighter and get...
• Re: about the westy silver socket
  Historical mailing list - Ed
  Sat, 8 Jul 2006 16:41:46 -0400
  ...Since I use the cigarette lighter socket for power, and not for an actual lighter, I replaced mine with a power outlet from Radio...
• Re: Lighter fuse is blowing
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Mon, 1 Nov 2021 18:19:35 -0700
  ...I use the cigarette lighter socket for charging > my phone, and have also used it to power an Engels fridge which it does > well...
• Re: Cigar Lighter Wiring Question.
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 18 Aug 2013 21:39:19 -0700
  ...Troy <colorworks@GCI.NET> wrote: > <<I need to install a new cigarette lighter for my GPS unit and I'm wondering if this is...
• Speed and some minor things
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 May 1996 10:29:58 -0700
  ...2) I have this mystery plug in that is inbetween the cigarette lighter and the right side vent. Its obviously some sort of add...
• Re: Extra Cooling
  Historical mailing list - Steve Macaulay
  Thu, 2 Sep 1999 16:10:56 -0700
  ...It plugs into the cigarette lighter and it has a spring clip that allows you to place it pretty much anywhere you want. I...
• Horn gone
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Thu, 16 Aug 2001 19:00:16 -0700
  ...At the same time frame I had stuck a map light in the cigarette lighter. So I stopped using the map light (from Walgreens...
• Re: Mini Fridge
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:56:10 -0400
  ...sell for dorm rooms >> etc.) pluggged into an inverter off the cigarette lighter. This seems like >> a cheap alternative (since we already have both...
• RE: 95 EV: Adapter for CellPhone
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Thu, 04 Apr 1996 13:52:33 -0500
  ...make >it >sit properly in the receptacle? Believe it or not, cigarette lighters come in two sizes SAE (US size), = and DIN (European size...
• jumper cable question
  Historical mailing list - dave bowers
  Mon, 24 Jun 2002 18:13:25 -0700
  ...Do those "jumper cables" that claim you can jump one car from another from one 12v cigarette outlet to another really work?! (below is...
• Re: Uncle... '91 won't catch
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sun, 23 Feb 2003 01:58:42 EST
  ...If you have a decent spark, put out your cigarette and pull the injectors to see if they are spraying some form of atomized...
• Re: Fresh air fan enhancements?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Wed, 15 Jun 2005 12:12:09 -0400
  ...with the windows rolled up? > > > > (a solution other than a 12v cigarette lighter powered fan on top of > > the dash) > > > I'm with you...
• Re: NVC: The dirtiest job on the planet
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 5 Dec 2011 11:57:10 -0500
  ...just because you lust after my beautiful body, I hear gold cigarette lighters are out and automatic transmissions are in this year. It wouldn...
• Re: subject Solar Power Charger for Van Camping
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 10 Nov 2010 13:16:55 -0700
  ...Also that it's > versatile and can be charged by AC, cigarette lighter or the sun. It also > seems relatively uncomplicated and idiot-proof...
• Re: Computers on board?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 10 Sep 1994 11:43:37 -0500 (CDT)
  ...You mean a regular PC? How about a laptop? There is an accessory out there so you can plug it into the cigarette lighter...
• Re: Will my alternator survive a TV VCR combo?
  Historical mailing list - Carl Smith
  Sun, 9 Apr 2000 23:27:16 EDT
  ...Now today, while hoofing it through our local > wherehouse type store we happened upon a small AC/DC color TV/VCR combo with > > cigarette...