Steve Nosko wrote:

: "Brian Kelly" wrote in message
: om...
: Backgrounder: Where can one get a decent (i.e., robust)
: general-purpose automotive cigarette lighter plug/tap? [..snip..]
:
: (c) Ignoring the fuse ratings how many amps can auotomotive cigarette
: TNX a bunch, Brian W3RV

: Brian,
: Did you see the one at Radio Shack which looks very much like the one you
: describe? The binding posts are not full size, but the construction is
: above average.
(snip)

I have one of the Radio Shack binding post plugs as well. It's in one of
my 'go kits' for emergency use.

Frankly, I think you'll also have to worry about the quality of the
cigarette lighter *plug* as well as the output capacity of the jack. As
you mentioned, the tip of these things is spring loaded. When you run a
LOT of amps thru it (the spring) it eventually looses its 'spring' and the
plug becomes unworkable. Remember all the current passes thru the spring
(almost like a fuse) no matter how heavy the actual connecting wire is.

Richard in Boston, MA, USA