[ltp] car and airplance adapter

Cougar linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 8 Nov 2004 08:23:37 +0200 (EET)


On Sun, 7 Nov 2004, James Knott wrote:

> Incidentally, my car (2002 Taurus) has both an accessory socket and a lighter.
> According to the manual, I'm not supposed to use the lighter outlet for
> anything else.  I wonder what the difference is?  Perhaps fuse or circuit
> breaker rating?

There is sometimes bimetal clip inside the lighter socket. I don't know 
what happenes if your plug heats now but probably something can happen (it 
disconnects plug or your plug will be in stuck).

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Cougar