Getting modern power adapters to work in cigarette lighter

rlane97 · Post by **rlane97** » Mon Apr 21, 2014 7:25 pm

Getting ready for Sharkfest and I know that my car chargers don't work well in my 1980 cigarette lighter. The hole is too big and phone chargers/radar detectors don't make good contact.

Does anybody have a safe adaptation to make them work?

Brucey · Post by **Brucey** » Mon Apr 21, 2014 8:45 pm

I normally just bend the 'ears' on the plug slightly. I would assume that this will eventually cause a problem of some kind, but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.

cheers

Ralph in Socal · Post by **Ralph in Socal** » Mon Apr 21, 2014 11:20 pm

Or find one of these for the glove box.

Ralph

Alpinacsi · Post by **Alpinacsi** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 12:43 am

Someone just had one of those for sale on mye28

winfred · Post by **winfred** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 3:07 am

they haven't made those in years, easier to build one from the dead flastlight and a socket/wire from radio shack, i have one in every bmw

Sprocket · Post by **Sprocket** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 11:33 pm

Brucey wrote:I normally just bend the 'ears' on the plug slightly. I would assume that this will eventually cause a problem of some kind, but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.

cheers

With a spoke and twist ties, right??

Brucey · Post by **Brucey** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 6:41 am

Sprocket wrote:
Brucey wrote:I normally just bend the 'ears' on the plug slightly. I would assume that this will eventually cause a problem of some kind, but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.

cheers
With a spoke and twist ties, right??

yeah, I walked right into that one, didn't I....

But seriously I have wondered about making a sleeve using brass shim stock or something to make the plug a bit tighter-fitting. Might be a simple enough solution...?

cheers