Re: solar charger, cigarette lighter plug

Andrew Sallee (ajsallee@engin.umich.edu)
Mon, 16 Nov 1998 17:09:42 -0500

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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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He Steve,
There are a ton of messages to wade through, so forgive me if you've already
been answered (I know this is delayed.) You're probably right about the
polarity, since I would assume that they would wire the solar panel to be
used in a car. But you know what they say about 'assume'. Why not put a
voltmeter on the panel and check. You can pick up a cheap voltmeter for
less than $10 and it's useful to have in your toolkit anyway.
Andy
-----Original Message-----
From: Steven W. Barnes <Oldsurfdude@worldnet.att.net>
To: wwpotter@tscnet.com <wwpotter@tscnet.com>
Date: Tuesday, November 10, 1998 8:40 PM
Subject: solar charger, cigarette lighter plug

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> West Wight Potter Website at URL
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>Dudes,
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>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
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