solar charger, cigarette lighter plug

Steven W. Barnes (Oldsurfdude@worldnet.att.net)
Tue, 10 Nov 1998 16:09:21 -0800


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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Dudes,

I should have asked this earlier. I just set up one of those solar
trickle chargers, $15.00 from Harbor Freight, to keep the Capri battery
topped up. It had a cigarette lighter plug, so I got a cigarette
lighter socket and wired it up to the battery with the plug in a
convenient location. I assumed that the inside contact of the plug and
socket is positive and the outside is negative, so that is how I wired
it to the battery. Did I do that right, or should I go back and reverse
the connections? There were no instructions for either part. I have +
on the inside and - on the outside.
Thanks!

-- 
Steve Barnes sailing a Capri 16, #74, 
and saleing a Potter 14, #561, in San Diego.
OLDSURFDUDE