DC plugs and outlets [RE-wrenches]

[Kurt Albershardt]

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--On Thursday, November 18, 2004 11:22 AM -0700 Allan Sindelar <allan at positiveenergysolar.com> wrote:
>
> Agreed about how cigarette lighter sockets suck. However, people still ask
> for them, because car stuff (cell phone chargers, etc.) fits. I warn
> customers that the ones we carry (that we get from AEE) are of poor quality,
> and to be careful with the assembly, use a plastic box to avoid a parallel
> ground path, and use a smaller-gauge stranded pigtail to make the
> connection. Can anyone suggest an easy-to-buy-from wholesale source of
> higher-quality, reasonably-priced, longer-lasting cig lighter receptacles to
> fit a wall-mount single-gang box?


Marinco makes a couple decent flavors.  There's a stainless version (~$7 cost?) and a glass-filled nylon which locks when used with their plug (~$10?)

I get them from Fisheries Supply Co. (Fisco) in Seattle.











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