Cigarette

I drive a 1994 Acura Integra LS and my cigarette lighter doesn’t work. Apparently the person who installed my cd player cut the wiring to the cigarette lighter and now there is nothing to connect it to. Where should I hard wire it to and how do I go about doing this? Thank you in advance for all your thoughts and suggestions.

Run a heavy wire, 12 gauge or less (the lighter uses a lot of current), to an unfused line that goes to a heavy draw accessory such as the headlights (on the battery side of the switch, of course). The circuit you connect it to should be on all the time and not be controlled by a switch. BE SURE TO DISCONNECT THE + SIDE OF THE BATTERY BEFORE FOOLING WITH THE WIRING!
Good luck.

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I am thinking of buying one of the car vacuum cleaners, which can be plugged into the cigarette lighter socket in the car. I would like to know whether this will affect the car battery. Where is the power for this socket coming from? Is it taking directly from the car battery, or if the ignition is on, will it take from the gasoline power?

The battery if the engine is not running, and from the alternator if the engine is running.

Works the same as the headlights or the radio. Don’t worry, it’s not much of a current draw unless your battery is shot or your alternator is defective.

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