Lighter Socket Amps

Bought a plug in 12V kettle, plugged it in, after 10 mins water in kettle was luke warm and lighter plug was melting and filling the motor with the smell of burning plastic.

Me lighter plug and extension lead is well knackered although the socket seems ok and is still working.

I am now lead to believe that the Freelander socket is 12V and 10 AMP, is this the case for most cars as I have just discovered that the kettle is 15 amp and useless.

are most cars 10 amp for the lighter socket or just land rovers

The Kergan said:

Bought a plug in 12V kettle, plugged it in, after 10 mins water in kettle was luke warm and lighter plug was melting and filling the motor with the smell of burning plastic.

Me lighter plug and extension lead is well knackered although the socket seems ok and is still working.

I am now lead to believe that the Freelander socket is 12V and 10 AMP, is this the case for most cars as I have just discovered that the kettle is 15 amp and useless.

are most cars 10 amp for the lighter socket or just land rovers

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Just looked in me Haynes manual for 1997-2001 gaylanders and it reckons it should be a 20 amp fuse. If yer's is younger, then I can't help

bustersbus said:

Just looked in me Haynes manual for 1997-2001 gaylanders and it reckons it should be a 20 amp fuse. If yer's is younger, then I can't help

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Thanks for that, mine is a 2004, I have one of those little plastic covers that replaces the cigar lighter.

It says Aux power 12V 10 Amp, this was given to me by a chap on the spares counter at the local land rover stealer.

Mind you knowing them it could have been for any old motor.

If it were 20 amps would it cause the plug to melt on the 15 amp kettle lead?

There I was coffee mug in hand waiting for me first brew from the new kettle and all I got was a smell of burning plastic

The Kergan said:

Thanks for that, mine is a 2004, I have one of those little plastic covers that replaces the cigar lighter.

It says Aux power 12V 10 Amp, this was given to me by a chap on the spares counter at the local land rover stealer.

Mind you knowing them it could have been for any old motor.

If it were 20 amps would it cause the plug to melt on the 15 amp kettle lead?

There I was coffee mug in hand waiting for me first brew from the new kettle and all I got was a smell of burning plastic

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Ain't got a scooby about electrical stuff, but I'm sure sum kind soul will help.
Just out of interest, wot's wrong with a flask or one of them element type things ye used to get?

have you read through this lot yet
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If ye keep scrollin' doon, ye'll find a clue as to wot's on the cd's.

bustersbus said:

Ain't got a scooby about electrical stuff, but I'm sure sum kind soul will help.
Just out of interest, wot's wrong with a flask or one of them element type things ye used to get?

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Well I am a photographer and I do a lot of work in Scotland and every year I do a 2 week tour of Scotland with me camera kits. (bit of a busmans holiday really) but it is my chance to photograph scenes, buildings, or anything else that will make a good print to sell to the americans (they love this stuff) without having to fit in work for anybody else.

Well it is normally just me and the current Mrs Kergan so we have a gaz stove and whistle kettle, but this year I am taking me Mum and Dad as well so that's 4 brews instead of 2 so I thought I might get a second way of heating the water for a cuppa instead of 2 of us waiting 1/2 hr for a hot drink when we stop for a lunchtime feed.

You see this is me being the kind soul I am. My Mum and Dad have both been forced to give up work, dad 3 years ago with a virus that damaged his heart muscle and Mum this year went and had 2 heart attacks within 2 weeks.

So they ain't had a holiday for a few years and can't really afford one, I however had a very busy year so I have decided to treat them to 2 weeks in Scotland, and i'm picking up the tab.

The Kergan said:

Well I am a photographer and I do a lot of work in Scotland and every year I do a 2 week tour of Scotland with me camera kits. (bit of a busmans holiday really) but it is my chance to photograph scenes, buildings, or anything else that will make a good print to sell to the americans (they love this stuff) without having to fit in work for anybody else.

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Have ye visited the Dumfriesshire area yet? Plenty around here to photograph.

Well it is normally just me and the current Mrs Kergan so we have a gaz stove and whistle kettle, but this year I am taking me Mum and Dad as well so that's 4 brews instead of 2 so I thought I might get a second way of heating the water for a cuppa instead of 2 of us waiting 1/2 hr for a hot drink when we stop for a lunchtime feed.

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If yer not campin', then why don't ye ask the landlord/lady or hotel if they could fill ye a flask of hot water? Just make sure it's a big flask

You see this is me being the kind soul I am. My Mum and Dad have both been forced to give up work, dad 3 years ago with a virus that damaged his heart muscle and Mum this year went and had 2 heart attacks within 2 weeks.

So they ain't had a holiday for a few years and can't really afford one, I however had a very busy year so I have decided to treat them to 2 weeks in Scotland, and i'm picking up the tab.

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Good on ye, they probably deserve it

I do quite a bit around the Dumfries area, I was in stayed in Castle Douglas back in March, and did some scene stills work on BBC's 2000 acres of skye at Portpatrick.

They do deserve a break as they have had a very stressful couple of years, I think this is what caused Mum's problems.

The Kergan said:

I do quite a bit around the Dumfries area, I was in stayed in Castle Douglas back in March

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Not far from me then

and did some scene stills work on BBC's 2000 acres of skye at Portpatrick.

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you wasn't one of them louts that partied with Paul Kaye when he stayed down there was ye? It's just that my father-in-law lives next door to the cottage he stayed in.

bustersbus said:

Not far from me then

you wasn't one of them louts that partied with Paul Kaye when he stayed down there was ye? It's just that my father-in-law lives next door to the cottage he stayed in.

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Nope, I don't often get to see the actors and filming, I would take the shots when they look for a location.

I did however party with some of the actors in Monarch Of The Glen in Kingussie when they were filming at Laggon and Newtonmore in the Highlands

The Kergan said:

I did however party with some of the actors in Monarch Of The Glen in Kingussie when they were filming at Laggon and Newtonmore in the Highlands

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lucky sod that was one of me favourite progs when it was on, quite funny I thought

yep it was good, but the BBC has a habit of scrapping good things like that. I had a good time though and a look around the estate and house.

I got to meet Tom baker there, he is a top man

Anyway time to go,

Got to get up and clean me kit. I was out photographing the Moon tonight, it beats howling at it i suppose.

The Kergan said:

yep it was good, but the BBC has a habit of scrapping good things like that. I had a good time though and a look around the estate and house.

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Aye the ****s Not bin there yet but plan to at some point. Liked the landies they were usin aswell, one of the landy mags done a bit on there a while back.

I got to meet Tom baker there, he is a top man

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I can quite believe it Did ye ask him the time

right then, off tae bed. catch ye anon

Ach ye big sassenach lightweight ye!

The Kergan said:

If it were 20 amps would it cause the plug to melt on the 15 amp kettle lead?

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No. Fact that it is rated at 20 amps means it can supply up to 20 amps, not that it will always supply 20 amps. The fuse is rated at 20 amps, in reality will blow a little higher (only slightly), but the cabling will be rated higher than the fuse. So the fuse will always blow before the cabling starts to get warm and then cause a fire. That's why you should never fit a higher rated fuse if one blows.

The contact between a cig lighter plug and socket is crap,thats why your plug melted.Have a look on roadpro.co.uk for a din plug and socket and dont bother with the extension lead.

Adz said:

Ach ye big sassenach lightweight ye!

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Ah ken, hud to get up early tho'

longdog said:

The contact between a cig lighter plug and socket is crap,thats why your plug melted.Have a look on roadpro.co.uk for a din plug and socket and dont bother with the extension lead.

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Quite agree with ye Longdog, gonna do that for me lampin' sessions and there's less chance of it fallin' or pullin' out. One of me mates had a 3 pin plug and socket wired into where his fag lighter was, it worked a treat