Cigarette lighter: Three birds with one stone.

[jbcollier]

I prefer Hella DIN connectors.  Much more secure.

[inchoate]

good lord, you weren't kidding about the aircraft spruce cigarette lighters.  

 

if you want to smoke underway in a 7 just put the roof up.

[toldfield]

I think that one is for Bonanza owners...

[pethier]

The power port certainly came in handy while I was in Texas for the Lotus Owners Gathering last fall.  You see, the battery in my iPhone SE was past its prime.

 

I just got an iPhone 16 Pro.  As many of you know, Apple retired the Lightning connector in favor of USB-C.  The most-logical cables to use seem to be USB-C/USB-C.  So I picked up three car-chargers with USB-C ports: one for 74PHIL, one for KMAN 2.9 and one for the motorhome.  (The F-150 has a USB-C port.)

 

Plugged one into KMAN 2.9. Tiny pilot light lit.  Cable charged phone.

 

Plugged one into 74PHIL.  No light.  Cable did not charge phone.  Checked 5A inline fuse on the car.  Blown.

 

Opened box for third car-charger.  Measured both car-chargers with ohm meter.  Unit three tested open, as it should.  Unit two did not.

 

Replaced fuse and tried unit three in 74PHIL.  Works fine.

 

Unit two is going back to Best Buy.  It was obviously not the best buy.