At 09:49 AM 8/31/2014, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>I'm gonna chop off that cigar lighter plug about 6'' up the wire and
>terminate the cooler's cord into a pair of Powerpoles. Then wire up a
>cord that goes fairly directly to the battery so the cooler gets a good
>low-resistance feed for +12, and make a second cord that terminates in
>the cooler's old cigar lighter plug so plugging the cooler into a cigar
>lighter is still an option.

Cigar lighter design is very good** for self-releasing cigar lighters
and I applaud the clever design that went into it.  But I hope (and
expect) that the designer is spinning in his grave over the way his
design is being prostituted today, using a non-wiping contact against
what should be the mounting rivet for the actual B+ self-releasing
terminal.  I almost wish the things caught fire more often so that
insurance companies would have a reason to pressure them out of
existence. </rant>

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Yrs,
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