On 2015-04-10, robobass wrote:

And as for why it is on cars today -- even cars which come
*without* a cigarette lighter -- it is because it has been in cars for

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Well sure, but the customer has no alternative. And a modern family
will want to plug in many things. Navigator, portable DVD, phone
charger... You start accumulating ciggie plug extensions and end up with
wires and oversized connectors all over the place.

Take one adaptor to an Anderson PowerPole, and then use one of
the distribution blocks, which puts a number of outlets close together
for distributing the power. Then just plan to convert the appliances to
Anderson PowerPoles and the size shrinks significantly. :-)

Are there really cars without cigarette lighters?

Yes! My Nissan Cube (2013) came with a socket down low on the
console to plug in appliances (along with a USB charging and playing
socket), but no cigarette lighter nor ashtrays -- which is just fine in
my book.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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