Decent Buy On A Marine Grade Cigarette Lighter SOCKET

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Well, so-much for my recommendation. Thanks grizzman! With some stuff that's how I learn -- post something and if it's not skosh someone will come along and politely pop my balloon.

I did buy a Marinco plug and it is heavier than a standard plug. It needs to fit on my Respironics BiPAP cord and that's not much of a load.

RC plugs and sockets are good for interior. I sure like the cross split pins that can be engorged by prying wider with a tiny screwdriver.

For exterior, nothing I've seen up to 12 gauge wire capacity can hold a candle to a WeatherPak connector.

I use the marinco units in our trailer and they work very well with cpap. good choice.

Well, so-much for my recommendation. Thanks grizzman! With some stuff that's how I learn -- post something and if it's not skosh someone will come along and politely pop my balloon.

I did buy a Marinco plug and it is heavier than a standard plug. It needs to fit on my Respironics BiPAP cord and that's not much of a load.

RC plugs and sockets are good for interior. I sure like the cross split pins that can be engorged by prying wider with a tiny screwdriver.

For exterior, nothing I've seen up to 12 gauge wire capacity can hold a candle to a WeatherPak connector.

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
eBay a quick search I found the same socket for 1.45 plus .20 shipping
A bit ago I bought 10 for 1.10 each shipped


Link por favor :)

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GordonThree wrote:

ktmrfs wrote:

GordonThree wrote:
I wish we could move away from the cigarette lighter connector, it's such a terrible connector.

It works fine for holding a small accessory, like an actual cigarette lighter plug. As soon as you add a few USB cables, or worse, 18-16ga wire going to a small inverter, the poor lighter socket just can't hold on.

I don't see more expensive sockets working much better, how can they? It's just a metal barrel and a metal button at the end. How do you make that work better? I guess tighter tolerance on the diameter of the barrel, heavier material that doesn't deform under stress of a connection?

Higher quality plugs on the other hand, they seem worth it, but seldom used in mass manufactured devices. Rarely is more than one spring contact employed to hold plug into receptacle, with cords hanging off the face, every bump and jostle walks that connection a little more out of the socket, away from the button supplying the +12v buffet.

the marinco or blue sea marine plugs and sockets have much better springs, much better contacts, and if you use the matching plug it is a insert and twist to lock it in place. Even pulling 15-20A through the plug results in no noticeable temperature rise. very good contacts. unlike the cheap ones that get hot quickly even with low current.

Understood however stuff you buy isn't going to come with one of those. Replacing existing isn't really doesn't work either since the plug is built into the device.

well, it's usually pretty easy to replace an existing plug with a quality one. maybe a 10 minute job at the longest.

I have a heavy duty receptacle like this that I haven't used yet - for one reason ... too lazy to run heavy enough wire to it from the coach batteries so as to take good advantage of it's 20 amp maximum current rating.

These type of heavy duty but classical style 12V receptacles would be great for: 1) Mounting so as to be accessible from the outside of the RV for accepting up to 20 amps from, say, around 200-250 watts of portable solar panels, or 2) Mounting inside the RV with heavy enough wiring (~8AWG?) for plugging in portable 250-300 watt inverters that you don't want to wire in permanently and that you don't want to shut down and starting chirping from voltage sag on their inputs.

Our motorhome came with multiple interior 12V receptacles and one exterior 12V receptacle, but none of them are heavy duty enough. :(

eBay a quick search I found the same socket for 1.45 plus .20 shipping
A bit ago I bought 10 for 1.10 each shipped


Link por favor :)

ktmrfs wrote:

GordonThree wrote:
I wish we could move away from the cigarette lighter connector, it's such a terrible connector.

It works fine for holding a small accessory, like an actual cigarette lighter plug. As soon as you add a few USB cables, or worse, 18-16ga wire going to a small inverter, the poor lighter socket just can't hold on.

I don't see more expensive sockets working much better, how can they? It's just a metal barrel and a metal button at the end. How do you make that work better? I guess tighter tolerance on the diameter of the barrel, heavier material that doesn't deform under stress of a connection?

Higher quality plugs on the other hand, they seem worth it, but seldom used in mass manufactured devices. Rarely is more than one spring contact employed to hold plug into receptacle, with cords hanging off the face, every bump and jostle walks that connection a little more out of the socket, away from the button supplying the +12v buffet.

the marinco or blue sea marine plugs and sockets have much better springs, much better contacts, and if you use the matching plug it is a insert and twist to lock it in place. Even pulling 15-20A through the plug results in no noticeable temperature rise. very good contacts. unlike the cheap ones that get hot quickly even with low current.

Understood however stuff you buy isn't going to come with one of those. Replacing existing isn't really doesn't work either since the plug is built into the device.

GordonThree wrote:
I wish we could move away from the cigarette lighter connector, it's such a terrible connector.

It works fine for holding a small accessory, like an actual cigarette lighter plug. As soon as you add a few USB cables, or worse, 18-16ga wire going to a small inverter, the poor lighter socket just can't hold on.

I don't see more expensive sockets working much better, how can they? It's just a metal barrel and a metal button at the end. How do you make that work better? I guess tighter tolerance on the diameter of the barrel, heavier material that doesn't deform under stress of a connection?

Higher quality plugs on the other hand, they seem worth it, but seldom used in mass manufactured devices. Rarely is more than one spring contact employed to hold plug into receptacle, with cords hanging off the face, every bump and jostle walks that connection a little more out of the socket, away from the button supplying the +12v buffet.

the marinco or blue sea marine plugs and sockets have much better springs, much better contacts, and if you use the matching plug it is a insert and twist to lock it in place. Even pulling 15-20A through the plug results in no noticeable temperature rise. very good contacts. unlike the cheap ones that get hot quickly even with low current.

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
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"My rig did not come with a cigarette lighter in the bedroom...yadda"

eBay a quick search I found the same socket for 1.45 plus .20 shipping
A bit ago I bought 10 for 1.10 each shipped

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