Assuming your car is still positive ground ('wired as original'), you can
fabricate a power cable that reverses the hot and ground wires. If the device
uses a 'barrel' type power connector--looks like the barrel of a very small
gun--the outside of the barrel is ground and the inside is hot, hence you'd
cross over the wires to the connector to get the correct polarity. Keep in
mind
the outside of the barrel connector will now be hot to your car, so if it
touches exposed metal you'll let the smoke out (put a plastic vacuum cap over
it
when not in use).
Same story for the more complex connectors like used for cell phones. Just
reverse the wires coming out of the cigarette lighter plug. You'll probably
need a different cable for different devices, but that's the case anyway.
bs
TimWardUK@aol.com wrote:
> Hi Team
> I have a BJ8 wired as original. Does anybody have any good ideas about
> how I can get a Power source like a cigarette lighter to use as a charger
> plug for devices like sat nav, phone and so on, without changing the wiring.
>
> Thanks
>
> Tim
> BJ8 67
> Frogeye 59
>
> Tim Ward
> Warwick House
> 12 Mill Road
> Kislingbury
> Northants. NN7 4BB
> Tel: 07855 388 751
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