Has anyone used this with a cigarette lighter adapter without running a separate ground wire to the vehicle chassis?
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Yes, and it will work but depending on your vehicle you may get a lot of engine noise. I tried this on my Jeep Cherokee and got a TON of engine interference noise, then hard-wired it to the battery. But it's cheap to find out, so go ahead and try it!
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Yes I bought a Cigarette lighter adapter on amazon (http://goo.gl/ZuxNFg) and wired it onto the end of the Red and black wires. It works perfect when moving my radio from vehicle to vehicle.
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There is no separate grounding connection. The ground is integrated into the RCA cable. My local dealer has faith that this setup works fine, though I would prefer a separate ground.
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Yes, I ran a #12 insulated copper wire with soldered lugs from the mount which has a hole for a ground connection down concealled and connected to the frame of the truck. The paint at the mount location was preventing a good ground for me.
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I would not recommend it. The wire on the cigarette light adapter is not not rated for the amperage of the inverter.
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What I found was that the power connector (cigarette lighter adapter) needed to be spliced into the power connector before it would work. The wiring diagram leaves a lot to be desired.
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I see there is a dc plug on mine but not sure if it is ment to be used in a cig lighter in a car I would call the company up and ask them would be best way to find out or go to radio shack or a store like that see if they have any thing like that. sorry i was not able to answer your question. this is a webpage to radio shack not sure if it is what ya need http://www.radioshack.com/search/index.jsp?kwCatId=13384949&kw=dc-12v%20adapters&origkw=DC-12V+adapters&sr=1
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no, it needs to be wired directly to the battery with a 30 amp inline fuse fitted. the normal wiring used for a cigarette lighter is too light in gauge to run this unit
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Actually, I just found this accessory from NOCO that adapts it to a OBDII Connector, so you don't need to muck with the battery. http://www.geniuschargers.com/GC012 They also have a cigarette lighter adapter listed. http://www.geniuschargers.com/GC003
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In my car I'm running a shunt between the alternator and the negative terminal to read the amps, the power was tapped from a cigarette lighter wire. I believe running the tiny power wires to the shunt would fry them when cranking.
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You don't. It is only used to fuse the positive lead/s and there is really no need to either. Depending on what you are using it for like in a boat or something else that you cannot ground, then you would need to run a negative connection to each item to be activated. In the case of an automobile, you ground the chassis and then run your positive wire to what ever controller, such as a switch or fuse that you have in the circuit/s.
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no i wouldnt thing so i hooked mine to a cigarette lighter plug you could possibly wire them both to the same plug if that helps?
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No! It is really an extension of the cigarette lighter socket, the wires are not heavy duty to jump start.
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The only connection is a traditional 2 prong plug. An adapter can be connected for a European type receptacle. I don't know whether an adapter and inverter exists for a cigarette lighter source.
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Yes. The cigarette lighter adaptor power cord can be attached while the unit is attached to the mount.
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Yes. The mounting bracket is not normally included in the package though. The CAT5 wire is. Or at least it was in mine that I bought. I mounted mine to the panel on my center console (dashboard in F150 Lariat SC4x4) which held the cigarette lighter. Removed the lighter, used RTV to mount the unit and tucked the rest behind the opening in the dash and routed the CAT5 line through the hole the lighter was in. Looks fairly neat if I don't say so myself. Secure enough to not wobble, and still could easily be removed and put back together as a unit.
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The light filament is grounded to the metal mounting bracket. You would need to get a wire from that to the negative on your lighter adapter to make it work. If you are mounting it to metal on the vehicle, you should only need to run the positive from the lighter adapter to it.
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I used the Stinger Ground Loop Isolator successfully without connecting the brown wires at all. They are in my opinion grounding cables, however the shields around the signal cables connect through the Stinger by the shiny cylyndrical part of the plugs and to the ground at the signal cable source and receiver, which appears to work just fine without the additional connection of the Stinger with the brown wire. I suggest to try this out, if it works well, end of the story.