Oct 252009

How does a car cigarette lighter work?

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I have a 2003 Acura TL. There is a power source where i could plug things in such as a GPS or charge my phone. Is that same hole where those things get plugged in called a cigarette lighter? Does it really shoot flames and light a cigarette on fire. I dont see any fire. How can I light a cigar with the car cigarettes lighter? Where is it?
does the car automaticly come with a cigarette lighter. Is that the same as the power source outlet?

Most new cars come with accessory power port aka cigarette lighter, there is very little differences, both supply 12 volt power from the plug, it is how it transfer the power that makes it a cig lighter or a power source.
Your GPS or cell phone will have a voltage reducer that will reduce the voltage from 12 volts to 5 volts for most electronic devices these days.
The cig lighter plug heats up much like your counter top stove that have the coils, it does not have fires but builds up heat through supplying power to ground creating aresistantt that gets red hot.

It’scheaperr to buy a good lighter since a lot of people have been know to drop the cig lighter and having an accident looking for the damn thing while driving. A lighter issaferr since there is no fire once your hands are off of it.

Good Luck

Posted by Smokes at 8:40 pm

One Response to “How does a car cigarette lighter work?”

  1. GPS4ME says:

    Most new cars come with accessory power port aka cigarette lighter, there is very little differences, both supply 12 volt power from the plug, it is how it transfer the power that makes it a cig lighter or a power source.
    Your GPS or cell phone will have a voltage reducer that will reduce the voltage from 12 volts to 5 volts for most electronic devices these days.
    The cig lighter plug heats up much like your counter top stove that have the coils, it does not have fires but builds up heat through supplying power to ground creating aresistantt that gets red hot.

    It’scheaperr to buy a good lighter since a lot of people have been know to drop the cig lighter and having an accident looking for the damn thing while driving. A lighter issaferr since there is no fire once your hands are off of it.

    Good Luck
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