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Originally Posted by MikeKiernan
Have you considered usb sockets rather than fag lighter plug sockets? Most modern charging devices use them. Have you also considered LED lights to improve reliability and power consumption ?
All the best, Mike.
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Thanks Mike,
I do indeed intend to play about with LED bulbs but I think it is important to make sure that conventional ones will still work in case its needed in an emergency
The USB things scare me a bit. They "do something" to change the voltage and seem to be famous for the mains sockets at least for starting fires. Also things like my cheapo Garmin navigation thing freaks out if you don't use the supplied adapter (which has to go into a fag lighter. I figured that the straight forward universal socket was probably best - I'll look a bit deeper into the USB connectors (may be they're not so complicated for a 12V car system and don't spontaneously combust so easily)