On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 12:05 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>wrote:

> At 02:58 PM 3/19/2010, Loren Busch wrote:
>
>>  I find cigarette lighter plugs, for many
>> reasons, to be very unreliable and finicky.
>>
>
> Lighter plugs are excellent for their intended use and just about the worst
> possible for every other use.  It does help if you tape them into their
> sockets.  One of those accidents of history, like the Quertyuiop keyboard.
>

And take up much more room than needed.
After I see all the responses (several so far have led me to good sources)
I'll post a summary of what I've learned in the last few hours and links to
a couple of sources.