On Tuesday, October 30, 2012 9:29:26 PM UTC, Jules Richardson wrote:
On Tue, 30 Oct 2012 19:33:41 +0000, Tim Watts wrote:

Could you gerry rig a spare in the footwell into the fag socket? It

should take some of the load whilst driving and keep the main one going

a bit longer. Unplug when starting of course



Ahh, the automotive equivalent of a mains cable with a plug at both

ends :-)



Wonder what the typical current limit via a fag lighter socket is? Are

they fused these days? Drive for the spark and ECU probably isn't much,

but things like the radiator cooling fans probably need a fair bit.

Fused so plug in when car parked for 1 hour with indignation on to have cigar lighter live. Blew my fuse once because I was not careful