Eichner informed me that indeed, I have been scooped by the SAE and this in the works.
---------- >From: John Woodgate <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Current from Car 12V cigarette lighter socket >Date: Wed, Sep 18, 2002, 4:33 PM > > > I read in !emc-pstc that Ken Javor <[email protected]> wrote > (in <[email protected]>) about 'Current from Car 12V > cigarette lighter socket' on Wed, 18 Sep 2002: > >>An excellent post. Seems like a solution here would be for the newer >>electrical outlet to be designed differently and not mate with the older >>male cigarette lighter insert, and then provide an adapter that would take >>the cigarette lighter insert to the new electrical outlet. Then the 8 Amp >>limit could be relaxed for appliances with the new plug, and any old devices >>would still be taken care of. > > And your next question, for $64 000, is, 'Why didn't SAE think of that?' > (;-) > -- > Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk > Interested in professional sound reinforcement and distribution? Then go to > http://www.isce.org.uk > PLEASE do NOT copy news posts to me by E-MAIL! > > ------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety > Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. > > Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ > > To cancel your subscription, send mail to: > [email protected] > with the single line: > unsubscribe emc-pstc > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Ron Pickard: [email protected] > Dave Heald: [email protected] > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: [email protected] > Jim Bacher: [email protected] > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ > Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list" > ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"

