Honda Concerto (1989 - 1994) - Cigarette Lighter / Acc Socket

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Sat 27 Oct 2007 12:05
Cigarette Lighter / Acc Socket - KenC
A friend has asked me to buy a solar trickle charger for her M reg
Honda Concerto (that does 300 YES 300 mile between MOT,s)
This is an attempt to try & extend the battery life/charge.

Solar chargers currently available in maplins.co.uk for £24.99.

She has told me that the Cigarette Lighter socket only heats up the cigarette
lighter when the ignition is on.

My question is does anyone know if the cigarette/acc socket on this vehicle
works with the ignition off ?
(she lives miles away & is housebound so not easy to check myself)

Edited by Dynamic Dave on 27/10/2007 at 13:59

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Sat 27 Oct 2007 12:09
Cigarette Lighter / Acc Socket - Pugugly {P}
Far better to buy an Optimizer type charger and connect to the Battery, there is a permanent connection to the battery that has an inline female socket that quickly connects to the male on the unit. Don't trust them cigi connectors.
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Sat 27 Oct 2007 15:49
Cigarette Lighter / Acc Socket - carl_a
It's going to be much cheaper for your friend to hire a taxi ,but aside from that and to anwser the question I bought one of these solar chargers and they are a waste of time. Good mains charger will work much better.
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Sat 27 Oct 2007 18:03
Cigarette Lighter / Acc Socket - mike hannon
In my experience, the sockets on Hondas are dead with the ignition off.
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Sat 27 Oct 2007 18:07
Cigarette Lighter / Acc Socket - Pugugly {P}
Yes, but won't the power be going the other way (from the charger to the battery) rather than the other way around so whether the ciggi lighter works with the ignition on or is immaterial.
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Sat 27 Oct 2007 18:39
Cigarette Lighter / Acc Socket - Screwloose
PU

Trust me on this; use your delete button....
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Sat 27 Oct 2007 23:19
Cigarette Lighter / Acc Socket - David Horn
If it doesn't work with the ignition off, it won't charge it either. Trust me.
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Sun 28 Oct 2007 07:45
Cigarette Lighter / Acc Socket - NARU
The best of these chargers seems to be the CTEK - I think the XS3600 is the latest model. Seems to come top in most motorbike tests (a lot of bikers use trickle chargers). I use an older optimate which has been fine too.

And I'd connect it straight to the battery - it should come with some easy to use connectors.

Edited by Marlot on 28/10/2007 at 07:45

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Sun 28 Oct 2007 11:35
Cigarette Lighter / Acc Socket - bell boy
A quick blast round the old church yard every sunday and you dont need a trickle charger.
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Sun 28 Oct 2007 11:38
Cigarette Lighter / Acc Socket - jc2
That'll take you up to the 300 a year!
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Sun 28 Oct 2007 14:17
Cigarette Lighter / Acc Socket - Dynamic Dave
A quick blast round the old church yard ....


And you can have a service whilst you're there ;o)
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