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Old Jul 22, 2004
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Question cig lighter wires

alrite i was wondering.. if i wanna run stuff thru my cig lighter without having to plug it in can i? i took it apart and saw a yellow and a black wire.. is that power and ground and can i just hook up the wires with those by connecting them? is that rite?
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What are you trying to connect?

Yea black is ground and yellow is power.
I am tapped wires for s2000 start button and works fine.
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careful....cuz i tap wires into the cig wire and too much current
burned a lot fuses in my car...

i pissed in my pants
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how much things should i be able to connect without blowing a a fuse? im not worried ive already blow some and there not hard to replace but id rather not
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It depends on how many amps each item draws.

You cig ligter fuse is rated at 15amps i believe. So if you plug in one item that draws 12amps, you'll only have 3 amps left for different item/items. or if you plug in two items that both draw 7amps you'll have one amp left.
 
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