date-created: '2007-02-04'
date-updated: '2025-11-28'
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    name: Appropedia
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title: 'Car socket 12 volt'
description: 'Many different types of vehicles, including boats, cars, vans, and campers have a world-standard power socket on the dashboard. It is possible to connect a specially designed cigarette lighter to a car socket. WARNING: Do not use this type of cigarette lighter for car socket extension cords, because most cords cannot handle the heat.'
keywords:
    - 'car socket'
    - '12 volt'
    - female
    - 'car adapter'
    - 'cigarette lighter socket'
    - 'cigar lighter receptacle'
    - 'DC power connector'
    - 'DC outlet'
    - 'car outlet'
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contact:
    name: 'User:Stef Breukel'
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        user-handle: 'User:Stef Breukel'
version: 46
made: false
image: 'https://www.appropedia.org/w/images/e/eb/Car_Cigar_Lighter_Socket_female_.jpg'
license:
    documentation: CC-BY-SA-3.0
licensor:
    name: 'User:Stef Breukel'
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documentation-language: en