Car Cig socket

Vass coughed up some electrons that declared:

Probably - but it would be best to trace them with a multimeter.

Sometimes white can be used to denote 0V too. It's all a bit random.

Tim

Maybe, maybe not.

I suggest that if you don't have the kit to check you don't have the skills/knowledge to fiddle.

bugger, was hoping 2 hours of hunting for the multimeter was to be avoided. Quicker to hook up a battery, wire and lightbulb from a torch :-) thanks anyway

Can't you take the socket apart to see which wire is connected to the outer part (-ve) and the contact at the bottom (+ve)?

Toby...

If those that "have the skills/knowledge" kept to an industry standard ..... but that would be too easy eh ?

Makes the assumption that this is a modern car -ve earth car... B-)

But, It won't be them in the wrong when it starts smokin' !!

Most people with the skills and knowledge prefer to meter these things out for themselves rather than take stupid risks.

Dave Liquorice coughed up some electrons that declared:

Makes the assumption that this is a modern car with 12V battery

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And HTF will that identify the positive?

MBQ

Also makes the assumption that it's anything to do with a car.

MBQ

How about teaching those without the skills, instead of just telling them they don't have them?

MBQ

I actually assumed it was not going to be installed in a car, as the OP said it was a seperate socket (s)he wanted to wire to a 12V battery!

Toby...

yep, no car involved

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Tim S saying something like:

Makes the assumption that this is a car.

In addition to other comments, include a fuse in the battery terminal lead, near the battery - an in-line fuse from a car accessory shop would do. Slightly reduces the chance of it burning down your house.

On 29 Apr 2009 17:24:52 GMT, snipped-for-privacy@cucumber.demon.co.uk (Andrew Gabriel) had this to say:

Agreed, but buy a decent quality fuse holder capable of handling the sort of current you intend to draw - some will merely cope with 2 or 3 amps :-)

In message , Vass writes

Just open it up and have a look to see which is the pin

I think the OP has the skills (mentioned battery, bulb, multimeter), just needs to be aware that the skills should be used, instead of taking risks that a cable polarity marking scheme exists. It doesn't, which is the point I was making. I wasn't calling the OP stupid, I was saying that the risks were stupid.

He only needs to see which wire is connected to which terminal. Batt/wire/bulb is a continuity tester...