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"
