Cigarette Outlet

[fujitsubo]

Just wondering, I don't smoke so I would use the cigarette outlet for my cell phone adapter to charge my phone. Since the lighter is a direct feed from the battery, will the charger drain my vehicle battery if I left the adapter connected in the socket without the phone attached? A red light is displayed if it's plugged in. I would have thought that the power is connected to the ignition so that if it's off, everything goes off.

Rob

 

[04RkMtnKJ]

I leave mine plugged in all the time...sometimes with the cell phone plugged in sometimes with it just pushed no cell phone....and have never had a problem with it. In fact I have my XM sat. receiver running off the same circuit and I never shut it off even over night and have never had a problem with starting.

Not to say if you left it for days without starting it may drain the battery but I personally have no problems at all.

Later, Jeremy

 

[grogiefrog]

It would take a long time for a cell phone to drain a car battery. No worries.

 

[Yippers]

Just wondering, I don't smoke so I would use the cigarette outlet for my cell phone adapter to charge my phone. Since the lighter is a direct feed from the battery, will the charger drain my vehicle battery if I left the adapter connected in the socket without the phone attached? A red light is displayed if it's plugged in. I would have thought that the power is connected to the ignition so that if it's off, everything goes off.

Rob

On the 05s at least, the lighter circuit is NOT switched. It has power regardless of ignition switch position.

 

[BluPhant]

It would take a long time for a cell phone to drain a car battery. No worries.

Grogie's got it totally on point. You need not worry about this as long as you drive the vehicle once every couple months.

-Blu

 

[kj lad]

No problems with mine yet and I leave the charger in all the time.

Ian

 

[yoda13]

no problems with extensive long term use here either.

 

[Bennett]

You could run a that led on that car charger for a couple years on a car battery. lol.

(seriously)

Bennett