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• Re: Dash control lights question
  Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
  Thu, 8 Jul 1999 17:02:57 EDT
  ...Two round A/C control nobs to the left of the cigarette lighter (fan > >control, A/C on/off temp control) - was there some...
• The lighter side
  Historical mailing list - marcus
  Sun, 7 Jun 1998 21:50:29 -0700
  Classified ad Have Vanagon, I have long hair blue eyes and love the outdoors. I don't smoke,drink and also love kids. Want...
• source for driveshft (syncro)
  Historical mailing list - No Name Available
  Thu, 22 Apr 2004 22:29:51 EDT
  I have heard of a guy in MD (maybe) that makes a lighter, better (anything would be) versiopn of the syncro center driveshaft. any...
• Re: [WetWesties] Aux Battery Charging Alternatives Question for the Electrical Gurus
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:30:12 -0700
  ...just last night. > If I were to set up solar, I'd install a cig lighter socket to accept > input from either a battery...
• Re: Fridge on 12V
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 30 Aug 2014 09:27:10 -0700
  You are drawing 9 Amps from the battery yes, but if the lighter socket is getting hot that would indicate resistance in the connection...
• Me Three..on the Dometic fridge "good" list.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 18 Jul 2007 21:10:17 -0700
  ...The one in my Alaskan camper, the pizieo sparker lighter is broken, but you can access the fridge through a panel from the outside...
• Re: Electric burner starter
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Sat, 17 Jul 2004 12:00:32 -0400
  ...We use a butane 6" lighter. A fellow camper pointed out that even after the gas is used up in the lighter, the piezzo...
• freeze 12
  Historical mailing list - Chasteen, Jonathan M. MM3 (CVN69)
  Mon, 3 Jul 2006 00:56:45 -0400
  ...They ran the car for 30 minutes or so all closed up and had a mannequin inside with a cig and lighter. When the...
• 12 volt heaters?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Wagner
  Thu, 28 Sep 1995 19:54:13 -700 (PDT)
  I saw a tiny heater that plugged in the cigarette lighter (which isn't used for cigarettes by anybody I can think of). Anyone...
• Re: Long live the list!!!
  Historical mailing list - (Donna Cassano)
  Mon, 31 Jul 2000 00:07:27 -0400
  James Fritz wrote: > Thank god for the list!! > > Tim Hannink had figured out how to remove the cigarette lighter without breaking it. Give that...
• Re: Cigarette Lighter
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 9 Apr 2014 11:52:12 -0700
  ...Mark vw woody wrote: > The last on the list was replacing the damn cigarette lighter as it was spinning in the dash and occasionally...
• Re: Things not to wear when welding
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 10 Apr 2004 19:00:19 -0500
  ...I personally read the Safety Bulletin that 'banned' BIC lighters > from breast pockets of welders. I didn't believe this either when I was...
• Re: Help removing a few things
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Jan 2005 18:54:31 EST
  ...Cig lighter > > This is one that has the green ring and the light that plugs into the back > of it. I am guessing that...
• Cigar Lighter Wiring Question.
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Sun, 18 Aug 2013 20:27:03 -0800
  <<I need to install a new cigarette lighter for my GPS unit and I'm wondering if this is just a straight forward swap...
• Re: Cigarette Lighter socket..."tighter" ones available?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 20 Jul 2005 05:54:02 EDT
  ...We're all familiar with the weird VW Cigarette Lighter Sockets and how they are a little too big...does anyone know of a...
• Re: Cigar Lighter Wiring Question.
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 18 Aug 2013 08:23:54 -0400
  ...On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 8:10 AM, Bob Anderson <ROBERTANDERSON294@comcast.net > wrote: > I need to install a new cigarette lighter for...
• Re: Instrument light
  Historical mailing list - Jason Gorfine
  Sat, 12 Feb 2000 23:08:12 -0500
  i went looking for a light for my cigarette lighter ring (they're the same size) at the local VW dealership. when i ask...
• Re: Electrical Question: Adding charger ports for accecories
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:53:46 -0500
  ...If you do decide to use the lighter circuit, plug E pin 3 on the fuse panel is an unused position that's connected...
• Re: Will my alternator survive a TV VCR combo?
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Mon, 10 Apr 2000 08:14:45 -0700
  Keith, Well, it is a good sign that the TV set comes with a cigarette lighter plug... Can you tell us how many amps...
• Re: camper closet removal? Weekenders cheaper?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 27 Sep 2015 10:52:00 -0700
  ...for tin top has more space then the weekender and the weekender has more space then the full westy the tin top is lighter...
• Re: Cigarette Lighter socket..."tighter" ones available?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew C. Huntley
  Fri, 22 Jul 2005 18:45:47 -0700
  ...Cigarette Lighter socket..."tighter" ones available? I just now put one in from napa part#(782-1600) with the green light ring . It was...
• Re: Some Oettinger Six info
  Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
  Sun, 31 Dec 2000 14:50:48 -0500
  ...Smaller, lighter than the Subaru 3.3 and with almost the same power. Warren C.
• dash panal lights Please help what did i do
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Rueb
  Tue, 26 Mar 2002 21:39:07 EST
  replacing the cigrette lighter and it sparked and now have no dashboard lights everything else works except dash lights fuses all good thank you...
• Re: Vanagon T-Shirts
  Historical mailing list - Sam Stone
  Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:51:37 -0500
  I'd like one men's XL. Lighter color if possible but blue is cool too. I take it you will post ordering info...
• Humid Air is Less Dense than Dry Air!!
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Fri, 28 Jun 2002 16:43:33 -0400
  ...How can the air become lighter if we add water vapor to it? Scientists have known this for a long time. The first was...
• Re: Blown fuse
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 16 Mar 2011 05:44:33 -0700
  ...Don Hanson On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 11:35 PM, Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@q.com> wrote: > It was the cig lighter on mine...
• Re: Power Outlet (Cigarette Lighter) Rotating
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 24 Oct 2005 21:13:37 -0700
  ...i resorted to bending some of the lighter's metal tabs and epoxying the plastic bezel onto the dash. Alistair '82 westy, diesel converted...
• Re: Mini Fridge
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Mon, 10 Jun 2013 21:43:41 -0400
  ...I reckon a cigar lighter can provide that. If > you're camping, and not driving, then you'd need a cabin battery that > can...
• Re: Mini Fridge
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:17:11 -0700
  ...Good luck > powering that thing with a cigar lighter. > > > -- > Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott > 1984 Westfalia, auto trans, > Bend, Ore. > > On 06/10/2013...
• Re: 12 Volt Outlet - Source?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 11 Sep 2004 18:37:23 -0700
  ...KG6RCR Jim Felder wrote: > Harbor Freight has a plug that goes into your lighter socket with two > good-quality sockets in the module. No...
• Re: Cigar Lighter Wiring Question.
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 18 Aug 2013 22:14:31 -0700
  ...Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM> wrote: > >> Take a look at the lighters available from West Marine. Way better quality than auto parts shops. >> >> Karl...
• Re: How to Locate Propane Leak (with a lighter?)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff and Deb
  Tue, 29 May 2001 21:28:59 -0800
  ...If it is the former, I am ready to pull out my lighter and start testing. Thanks, Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: Chris Stann <ChrisS...
• Re: Lighter Receptacle '88
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Wed, 29 Jul 1998 08:34:58 -0500
  ...The trickiest part was actually soldering a lead to the real cigarette lighter since I wanted to be on the same fuse. To make...
• Re: Silver socket (My '76 has one)
  Historical mailing list - Gary Clayton
  Mon, 9 Jan 95 7:52:31 EST
  ...Sami - I also DO have a cigg lighter on my dash. -gary
• Re: The lighter side of camping... cartoon (No attachments remember?)
  Historical mailing list - Mike & Shari
  Wed, 26 Sep 2001 14:17:53 -0700
  "Jose R. Moscoso" wrote: > Fellows and fellaws: > I was looking for some radiographic images to set up a conference in one of my classes...
• Re: Mini Fridge
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:29:30 -0400
  I know absolutely nothing about electrical/wiring - but I would think that even with one of those small cig lighter inverters - this would be...
• Re: Mini Fridge
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:24:10 +0000
  ...Good luck powering that thing with a cigar lighter. -- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott 1984 Westfalia , auto trans, Bend, Ore. On 06/10/2013...
• Re: Ipod installation in your van
  Historical mailing list - David Prendergast
  Fri, 5 May 2006 08:47:23 -0400
  ...a power line from the cig. Lighter. > > How would I take a constant draw off the cig. Lighter and hardware > the power > supply for...
• Now my van won't start...
  Historical mailing list - A. Hurley
  Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:01:39 -0500
  ...The odd thing is (I think) is that the radio and hazard lights work, but the cigarette lighter gives no charge to my cell...
• VW vanagon syncro, sid viscous coupling?
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Sat, 22 Nov 2003 17:29:43 EST
  On a lighter note :) What is a VW Vanagon Syncro, Sid Viscous coupling anyway? Oh yeah, it's not Friday, is it! Well, one...
• 12 volt outlet polarity?
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Myers
  Thu, 4 Aug 2005 13:21:32 -0400
  ...Does anyone off hand know the polarity in a 12volt [ lighter] socket? I am thinking center pole is positive...... TIA! Tom Rochester 1990 Westy
• Re: Dismantling 85 Westfalia Camper
  Historical mailing list - Don Deitke
  Thu, 24 Aug 2006 09:53:33 EDT
  Neil ~~~ Heavy or oversize parts can be expensive to ship but lighter parts will be cheaper but we do ship parts to most of...
• Re: Help removing a few things
  Historical mailing list - David Shepherdson
  Mon, 24 Jan 2005 15:36:44 -0800
  The cig. lighter can be pulled out from the front once the connector on the back is removed by taking out the glove box...
• CDN Tire Inverter questions
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 21 Apr 2005 16:52:05 -0700
  Beginning this Saturday CDN Tire is selling a 300W inverter for 1/2 price = CDN$24.99 (Lighter plug or direct to battery). There...
• Doing another rear aluminum bumper
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 2 Aug 2022 07:54:30 -0700
  Wanted something lighter than my previous and with no trailer hitch. Trying to mimic the stock steel bumper. Got one made well enough to...
• Re: Availability of butane refills in US?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Lumb
  Mon, 16 Jun 1997 04:53:30 +0200
  ...Looks like I'll be converting to propane at some stage - unless we want to cook over lighter-refills for 6 months! Rich Lumb...
• Re: Mystery dash outlet '83.5 GL Westy
  Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
  19 Jan 97 02:04:58 EST
  >Ok, there's what looks like an extra electrical socket about halfway >between the cig lighter and the glove box. Its maybe slightly larger...
• Re: 185 tires on Stock Alloys
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Tue, 16 Apr 2013 09:43:00 -0700
  ...BTW, stock alloys are lighter than steelies. Add to that the "lighter" tire in Harold's example below and some might find their '91...
• Re: 12 Volt Outlet - Source?
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Sun, 12 Sep 2004 10:44:04 +0200
  ...12 Volt Outlet - Source? > I reckon what Chris is looking for is a panel-mount dual 12V "outlet" -- > two "cigarette lighter" sockets on a...
• Re: Metal Stove Cover
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Fitterer
  Thu, 4 Sep 2008 16:06:52 +0000
  ...a European 12 volt connection. They > don't use the cig. lighter much for power. And you will find out how flimsy > that is...
• Re: FS: One hell of a deal
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Tue, 9 Feb 2010 15:21:50 -0500
  ...I love that lower bed and the space inside the van. Lighter van also.<< Benny, you keep the weekender and we'll buy yours...
• Metal Stove Cover
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Fitterer
  Thu, 4 Sep 2008 14:15:03 +0000
  ...cooking surface or a cutting board? Also what is the adpater in the dash next to the Cig lighter in my 84 used for?
• Re: Mini Fridge
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:40:02 -0500
  ...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: Strong dual USB?
  Historical mailing list - Neil
  Fri, 25 Jun 2021 13:52:53 -0700
  ...The cigarette lighter outlet, brake lights, interior lights, are on an 8 Amp fuse. The internet shows charge port devices with two 2.1...
• Re: A Good Cigar Lighter?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 13 Apr 2011 09:37:43 -0700
  On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 8:36 AM, John Meeks <vanagon@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > What's a good, tight-fitting cigar lighter type...
• Re: So far away
  Historical mailing list - SStones
  Wed, 2 Jul 2003 14:32:59 -0400
  ...What�s the use of that little >conexion at the front part between the cigarette lighter and the >courtesy light near the co-passenger...
• Re: Refrigerant controversey
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 19 Jun 2003 00:16:04 -0400
  ...Did I mention that the stove wasn't lit? I was giving her the lighter so she could light it. The lighter (afterwards) had...
• Re: Towing a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:04:15 -0800
  ...I'm also > wondering which end is lighter, front or back. I'd rather put the > lighter end on the dolly, but is this...
• German accessory plug
  Historical mailing list - Eric Henning
  Fri, 14 Jan 2000 10:39:09 -0500
  ...jack? Should be simple as making the hole in the dash bigger and just adding a cigarette lighter there. Right? eric h. 80 westy
• Re: converting to 4 wheel drive
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Sun, 9 Dec 2001 09:22:59 -0800
  ...they were lighter than the vanagons were they > not? > > mick