enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Automobile auxiliary power outlet - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile_auxiliary_power...

   Standardized 12 volt DC automobile plugs are defined in the United States by UL Standard 2089 regarding vehicle battery adapters. This standard covers plugs and cord sets that insert into cigarette lighter receptacles. In Europe, 12 volt plugs and sockets are not specially regulated and do not require approvals for the CE mark. [citation needed]

3. Keep It Running with the Best Car Battery Chargers and ... - AOL

   www.aol.com/keep-running-best-car-battery...

   The MXS 5.0 is a fully automatic battery maintainer that's meant to work with 12-volt lead acid and AGM batteries. It features a simple light-up display and is splash-, dust-, spark-, and shockproof.

4. Jump start (vehicle) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jump_start_(vehicle)

   An alternative to jumper cables is a cable used to interconnect the 12 volt power outlets (cigarette lighter outlets) of two vehicles. This method slowly recharges the battery, not by providing the current needed for cranking, as the engine cranking motor current draw will greatly exceed the fuse rating in a cigarette lighter outlet. While this ...

5. DC connector - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_connector

   A 12–Volt cigar lighter plug. The automobile auxiliary power outlet is also called a cigarette lighter receptacle, or cigar lighter receptacle, since it was originally designed as a lighter for cigars—hence its rather large size. Nowadays, it is used to power automotive accessories such as portable inverters, mobile phone chargers and ...

6. Automotive battery - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_battery

   A typical 12 V, 40 Ah lead-acid car battery. An automotive battery, or car battery, is a rechargeable battery that is used to start a motor vehicle.. Its main purpose is to provide an electric current to the electric-powered starting motor, which in turn starts the chemically-powered internal combustion engine that actually propels the vehicle.

7. Fuel saving device - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_saving_device

   The Fuel Doctor FD-47, for example, plugs into the vehicle's cigarette lighter and displays several LEDs. It is claimed to increase vehicle fuel economy by up to 25% through "power conditioning of the vehicle's electrical systems", [ 17 ] but Consumer Reports detected no difference in economy or power in tests on ten separate vehicles, finding ...