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    Yesterday 5:46 PM  #1

    RTM
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    Going to modify cigarette lighter for usb c plug

    I've looked into options for adding a usb plug/port in the cigarette lighter location on and off for well over a year.  A few days ago I got a break got idea to try and mount the tab plug into the lighter knob itself.  Of course I'll figure a way to modify the assembly to accept the plug and keep a stock looking lighter setup.  I'll mill a slot in the end of the knob and tunnel the wire through the middle of it all.  It won't be that straight forward but I'm pretty confident I can make this work.  May even be a market for such an idea.

    The redline in the picture on the knob is where I want to mount the usb end. I've already bought a plug end and DC 12v to 5v.  I'll bench test it all before I put it in the mustang.  Just need time to start on it while I'm painting my truck project.  lol



     

    Today 8:13 AM  #2

    Michael H.
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    Re: Going to modify cigarette lighter for usb c plug

    That's a cool idea.

     

    Today 9:33 AM  #3

    687072mustang
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    Re: Going to modify cigarette lighter for usb c plug

    I would be interested if you end up making more that one

     

    Today 11:35 AM  #4

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    Re: Going to modify cigarette lighter for usb c plug

    687072mustang wrote:

    I would be interested if you end up making more that one

     
    I've already been thinking ahead on a way to kind of mass produce them.  But I need to figure out how I'm going to do it first.  Lol

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    Today 11:42 AM  #5

    Greg B
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    Re: Going to modify cigarette lighter for usb c plug

    I have a bit of a different idea:    I listen to music in my Jeep by way of a flash drive I had my daughter download a few of my go to albums.

    Instead of making the lighter itself usb port (which is a cool idea,  not knocking it). 

    Making the lighter hole a port, and the FLASH DRIVE is the lighter. 

    So when your tunes are plugged in, it looks like well, the lighter!

    If multiple things can go wrong, the one that will go wrong will be the one that causes the most damage.
     

     

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