I'dlike to use a small (250watt) heater on the cig lighter connection for this. Any thoughts?
1648788
I'm not an expert and I'm just giving my opinion but I don't thing that would work. Using the battery clips would be better because 250 watts on a 12 volt DC supply is 20.83 amps. Most cigarette lighter circuits are only good for 10 to 15 amps. Because of the continuous draw of the heater I would suggest going to a direct line to the battery. Your other concern will be the amp-hour rating of your battery and how long of a run you'll get before needing to recharge (assuming you're running off a battery and not an engine driven power supply). Just my thoughts, good luck.
1648789
The instructions state that the cigarette lighter connection is only rated for 100 watts.
1648790
Power capacity is much less for that connection. Mine is not handy just now, but I believe the rating is on the machine.
172882
Hi Paul,It depends on the amps of the small box space heater .This is the right way to use the inverter>>> http://www.amazon.com/review/R3RTW2NTIXFOON/Hope this helpsRegards,Angela CS Email Representative
1934725
Should not be an issue. As long as the heat is coming from the bottom of the smoker, it should work great.
1113261
Assuming you don't have a multimeter for testing resistance and you are not able to reach the heater's location to touch it.I would try plugging it in with low light conditions and observe the plug tines for a slight sparking as they make and break contact.Sparks = it's good and working.No sparks = no good.
1925237
no i have a little smokey joe and that sounds like a excellant idea to place in the elect element and let it go to work might take a little longer to heat up the metal but i bet it would work great good quest!!!!
2091407
Yes. This is what I used it for. Remember the cord is short unless your lighter unit is dash mounted
1062407
No, it requires some changes to work like in this video. You're gonna have to cut the outside and inside metal with tin snips for it to fit, plus bend the element. It also doesn't put out as much heat, 1300w vs. 1500. What you get for all this work is much better temp control so you can use your smoker for things like cheese and jerky. You should pop in a $5 thermostat too so you can tell what the temp is.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXpClfFTRaw&list;=UUCw46lSuLFe1BDqA-1jQdiA
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Mine runs off of 120 volts AC power adapter. The output from the adapter is 12 volts DC at 2.1 amps. You may be able to purchase an adapter that plugs into cigarette lights from your car from the manufacturer. Personally I would not attempt to make my own as these units cost too much to experiment with.
1843817
I tried my lighter, but I guess it was too short.Not sure if it would melt, but the USB car charger I plug into it works fine.
145948
the only fuse is with your cig. lighter outlet; make sure another piece of eqpt. works there and if not replace the fuse in your fuse block for the cig. liter
1222543
Sure is, several ways you can do this basically i'd grab one of these http://goo.gl/s3luSY with this u can use cigarette lighter plug .. or cut the cig lighter plug part off, shore the wires and use either alligator clips or an extended piece of wire if necessary and connect directly to your battery just dont get the + and - wrong. Hope this helps somewhat. - Steve
1986741
I used a heat gun on low setting of 750watt, worked just fine, just be careful not to get too close, it can melt it.
616917
It will work but you have to limit your inverter AC load usage to no more than 120W or the fuse of the cig lighter will blow. Most cig lighters are rated at around 10-15A. If it was me I would limit the inverter AC load usage to 100-110W to give yourself a buffer. Good luck!
1334884
it would have to be connected to a car size battery and the light or small heater ran off the batt. it would run a LED light but not enouth power for heater
762626
You can do it both ways ,, but I would hard wired them ,You don't need eh DC adapter , just a plug and wired it to that for the cigarette part ,, good luck
172883
Most space heaters use more than 1300 watts. However even if less in your case, I could not recommend the Power inverter you ask about. I only hooked up chargers for 2 Cell phones and 1 Ipad Snd mine smoked. I returned it to buy another brand.
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I would definitely look elsewhere for your application. This heater uses a lot of electricity, and is not really suited to this.