I have a 2002 Taurus, and there is a popout cover on the accessory jack
that says "12V 10AMP." I couldn't find an exact reference to the amperage
of the fuse for this circuit, though there was a 40 amp fuse protecting the
power seat, adjustable pedals and "accessory". The lighter fuse is 20
amps.

I notice that on a lot of power supplies that have a lighter jack, the jack
is only rated for 10 amps and the manuals say that they should be used for
"accessories." The manufacturers recommend using the binding posts for
transceivers.

If you do try this, let us know how it works out since this was my plan as
well. The Yaesu FT-1500M allegedly draws 8 amps at 50 watt output.


pamme (VHFRadioBuff) wrote in
:

Hello all. My car has a seperate "accessory" port from the standard
cigarette lighter. My understanding is that this port is actually rated
for more amps than the cigarette lighter and might actually be ok to
power my 50 watt 2m mobile if I were to add a cigarette lighter plug to
the end of it.

Can anyone comment on this? Any experience using these accessory ports
to power 50 watt radios? The car in question is a 2000 Mercury Sable.
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