Can I use this to charge my travel trailer battery? Looks like it needs to be plugged into a cigaretter lighter which I don't have on my trailer.
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Yes, it comes with a male cigarette lighter to battery clamp cable that connects to the female cigarette connector. I use it to keep my trailer battery up during the winter. I also use it while camping.
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You can also direct wire the panel. If you don't want to cut the cable, it comes with alligator clamps and a cigarete plug adapter to make the connections easy.
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I cut the wires and soldered leads to connect straight to my battery lines on my Motorhome since I too did not have a lighter outlet outside on the roof where I mounted it. Just make sure you put positive with positive and neg with neg. it works just fine on mine.
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You can tie it directly to the battery. If you are handy you can make a detachable plug as well to make it convenient. It comes with open leads.
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User field modifications such as cutting cable or removing fused cigarette lighter plug will not void 2 year warrantee. We also include several adapters including battery clips & eyelet adapters. Please call us with any installation questions.
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I don't know. I just plug it in my lighter socket from My car or Boat. It Works Great :-)
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I only use mine when I'm out camping. I have no problem with it recharging a Standard RV battery.
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You don't want to plug it into the cigarette outlet, it draws too much power for that and you'll blow fuses or fry the wiring. You'll want to hook it up directly to the battery.
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It is designed to charge a 12 volt battery. You would need separate cigarrete lighter style charging equipment for your device
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Yes, I installed a cigarette lighter type plug to mine and it works fine. I use my CB on trips only so I take mine out when not traveling over road.
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Good question. I would ask the manufacturer I had a question of them once and they were fairly prompt in answering. With mine I only need to connect to the batteries on my pick up camper and charge away!
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hey Icepuck, did this work? Could you do same with a battery charger I am wondering? Im trying to run 12v lights off a generator and trying to find a solution... FF here too and rigging out a response trailer..
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It would charge in the car but the car would probably have to be running to keep the current going. It doesn't work without being "plugged in." The first camping trip I took it on the timer/delay broke. Cheaply made. I cut the timer completely off. I have rigged it up to attach directly to a small battery and slept very warm. So it does work pretty good now.
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After seeing Vicky's response, I see what you were asking now. However that wall plug only supplies 500ma. The compressor is fused at 20 amps and most cigarette lighters supply 10-15 amps. Therefore the adapter wont supply enough current to drive the compressor or may even blow the adapter's fuse. Looks like its designed to drive phone chargers and electronic devices. If there is one that supplies the equivalent amperage as a normal cigarette lighter socket then go for that one.
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Hi Cinthya, this device is a power converter 110Volts AC to 12Volts DC. To use this it must be plugged into a household style outlet then you may plug a small item into the 12Volt cigarette lighter style receptacle. Just remember there is no power without it being plugged in. The reason I bought it is I own a small refrig cooler that plugs into car lighter. This device allows me to take the cooler into motel room at night and keep the cooler running. Hope this information helps you! Gene
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I believe you can charge this through the cig. lighter as long as your vehicle is running, otherwise you wld charge through 110 wall socket.
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I don't know about cigarette lighter plugs, but it works fine with all my 12v power plugs in my trailer. I use mostly to plug in a 12v fan.
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Not really this model works off of a 12v connection 2 alligator clips it also draws 28 amps / 340 watts. If Im not mistaken most Vehicle Cig lighter plugs are rated @ 10amps and 110 watts The AHP-12H model will run on a cig lighter but puts out less air. Best thing to do is connect to your vehicle battery the power cable is 10 feet long Im guessing if you had a small truck it would reach but not a Full size. If that's not long enough get a get a small rechargeable 12v SLA battery thats around 8ah like the UPG UB1280 ( if you shop around there like 10 or 15 bucks ). I use the UPG UB1280 to fill my Dave Scadden Renegade then use the battery to connect to my fish finder. Not really this model works off of a 12v connection 2 alligator clips it also draws 28 amps / 340 watts. If Im not mistaken most Vehicle Cig lighter plugs are rated @ 10amps and 110 watts The AHP-12H model will run on a cig lighter but puts out less air. Best thing to do is connect to your vehicle battery the power cable is 10 feet long Im guessing if you had a small truck it would reach but not a Full size. If that's not long enough get a get a small rechargeable 12v SLA battery thats around 8ah like the UPG UB1280 ( if you shop around there like 10 or 15 bucks ). I use the UPG UB1280 to... » Read More Not really this model works off of a 12v connection 2 alligator clips it also draws 28 amps / 340 watts. If Im not mistaken most Vehicle Cig lighter plugs are rated @ 10amps and 110 watts The AHP-12H model will run on a cig lighter but puts out less air. Best thing to do is connect to your vehicle battery the power cable is 10 feet long Im guessing if you had a small truck it would reach but not a Full size. If that's not long enough get a get a small rechargeable 12v SLA battery thats around 8ah like the UPG UB1280 ( if you shop around there like 10 or 15 bucks ). I use the UPG UB1280 to fill my Dave Scadden Renegade then use the battery to connect to my fish finder. « Show Less
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I use it for a trailer with 12 batteries attached to it or you can use it plugged into a car. Works both ways as long as it gets 12v as input it will convert it for you.
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The bulb sockets are full sized and require 120V bulbs. If you want something for a travel trailer, look at LED lights.
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I know you can plug it to a cigarette lighter but I haven't tried it with a power bank. I have 4 of those batteries and I make sure they are fully charged when I go on a few days trip. Sorry if I couldn't answer your question.