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How long will a 6v Cat's Eye Cigar lighter last with 12v??
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Indefinitely until you push it in.
I doubt it would be much different but I am not an electrical engineer. The heating is done by the resistance and once it gets hot it pops out breaking the circuit. Might just heat up twice as fast.
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Until it burns out.........
Actually it should just heat up faster and pop-out sooner. As long as you don't hold it in it should be no problem.
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faster and sometimes further. My brother converted his 53 2 door sedan to 12 volt when he changed the original engine to a 1955 265 V/8 back in 1958. he had a custom set of seatcovers installed and when the cigarette lighter was pushed in the red hot lighter poped out onto his new seat cover and burned a hole in the naugahyde.
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I installed a cats eye lighter in the 48 and had smoke coming out the back (hot wire)...Whats going on here
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Chev - probably too small of a wire. Should be a 14 gauge wire which is "thicker" than the usual lighting wire.
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You should replace the socket with a new 12 volt one from your FLAPS. The 12 volt one is larger than the 6 volt one. You can't charge your gps or cell with a 6 volt socket no matter what the voltage is. (you wouldn't want to do it with 6 volts obviously.)
The cat's eye is the cat's [bleeped] but just keep it for looks. Or maybe you can unscrew it from the element and put it onto a 12 volt element.
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Haha thats funny...The element lasted 5.5 cigarettes. I went to Napa and got a new element. Screwed it in, the eye still glows and it works well. What a coincidence.
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I installed a cats eye lighter in the 48 and had smoke coming out the back (hot wire)...Whats going on here Did you light a cigar/cigarette, and a chunk was stuck to it when it was depressed? Does it do it with a different accessory like a spot light or cell phone charger?
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After almost having a fire I left it unpowered,never will be used any way...Although there is no reason way it shouldn't be operational..I will change the gauge of wire
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