Silly cig lighter question...
 

Just discovered that the OEM cigarette lighter won't work with the charger for my new cell phone. The lighter socket must be an older design that doesn't mate up right with the "male" charger unit. I know I can simply buy an aftermarket power socket and wire it up separately, but I'm wondering if anyone has found a more elegant solution for this problem. Thanks! ;)

Drive your car to Radio Shack... if they don't have one... they probably know where you can get an adapter...

Mine fits fine. Just in an awkward spot. I bump it and later find out my phone hasn't charged :mad:

Cheers,

Bill

Mines the same way, got to twist and move it to just the right spot then make sure nothing touches it or it stops charging.

I forgot that mine doesn't work. Greg, don't get rid of my little buddy wagon... :D

my dads came with an adaptor from the factory. unfortunatly he cut it so he could use it to moniter the voltage(he has charging system problems) with a little vm he had.

Is there anyone that put a second lighter in there car, besides the one in the ashtray, so they can hook up a laptop or iPod, something you see in many modern cars these days?

I have my cell plugged into the rear driver door outlet, and my power cord for my cd thing in the passenger rear door outlet....but that one is touchy, gotta have it in just right for it to work, and for some reason, I have no power at all to the one up front, I've been too lazy to mess with it, since if I used it I'd have cords all over the place upfront instead of on the floor behind me. Something is probably just loose, or its just touchy. Maybe I will just remove the whole ash tray all together and insert a nice car-pc touchscreen module into it :D

In the SD there is a cigarette lighter in the back, only an ashtray in the back of the CD?

I'm pretty crazy, I also have a 400 watt inverter I use off the car sometimes to run lamps, laptop, tv....anything, car becomes a diesel generator when the power goes out :D

Jimmy, you did not forget.... you ran out of daylight because you have not mastered the ' keep wrenching while talking' skills needed .....
Look at it as a good excuse to come back down....

Not only that, which you are correct on, but what possessed me to think you would actually get rid of something (grin). :laugh:

Is it that the socket does not work at all or only with the phone jack? I know mine only works with the key on.

Hey Jimmy, Aren't you supposed to be posting a question about 60/40 something ? LOL

I have 2 outlet chargers
 

I have one electrical outlet charger for my home and one for work. Between the two the phone is always charged. I like my front area clean of clutter, incl. wires.

We had a similar problem to yours re: power to the kids DVD player on long trips. They don't get the player for any drive less than 2 hrs.
Our solution was to have a charged power pack battery with the attached jumper cables. It has a cig outlet to power accessories.