The cigarette lighter can be used both for its intended purpose and as a power source for electronic devices. You just need to use special adapters that stabilize the voltage at a certain level, smooth out the ripple.
Instructions
Step 1
The direct purpose of the cigarette lighter is to connect a special coil, which heats up red-hot under the influence of an electric current. True, even smokers rarely use it in this role. By pressing the cigarette lighter button, you complete the circuit, the coil receives power and heats up slowly. When the required temperature is reached, the circuit is opened and the spiral in the body jumps out. At this moment, the temperature of the heating element has a maximum value, so it turns out to be quite simple for them to light a fire or a cigarette.
Step 2
Many of the accessories that drivers are used to seeing in their cars are powered by the cigarette lighter. This is perhaps the only device in the car interior that looks like an outlet and allows you to connect to the on-board network. With the help of special power supplies installed in the cigarette lighter, navigators and video recorders, cell phones, players, laptops are charged. Many devices can now be used not only at home, but also in the car.
Step 3
But not only navigators and telephones can be connected to the cigarette lighter. It can be used as a power source for fans and boilers. This is especially true for long distance trips when there is no way to drink hot coffee. You just need to look carefully so that the equipment you purchase has an operating voltage corresponding to the voltage of your on-board network. Indeed, on sale you can find equipment designed to work from 12 and 24 volts. In other words, when you turn on a boiler, which has a supply voltage of 24 volts, into the cigarette lighter of a car with a voltage in the on-board network of 12 volts, you will not be able to quickly warm up the water.
Step 4
The cigarette lighter can also be used to connect diagnostic tools. A universal device showing the charging voltage will come in handy in any car. Usually this is a device in which there are several LEDs of different colors. Each diode corresponds to a specific voltage value. A device is suitable for monitoring the state of the car's electrical network in real time. It can be kept in the cigarette lighter at all times to be aware of the voltage in the on-board network.
Step 5
Splitters will help to connect several devices to the cigarette lighter at the same time. Please note that it is highly discouraged to connect consumers with high power, as the fuse will fail. And if you install a fuse with a high operating current, electrical wiring can melt.
