[VAC] Re: Electrical woes

[Howard Lefkowitz <wa3vez@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Cigarette lighter plugs and sockets are notoriously unreliable.  Your
description describes a poor connection in the socket assembly.  I had a
similar problem with my portable computer running the delorme Mapping
program.  It would go on and off at weird times.  I finally went to a
separate plug connection using a two pin rubber connector that made a solid
connection.  No more problems.  Cigarette lighter sockets work very well for
the cigar lighter plugs.  Wire directly through a proper fuse.

Howard