Cigerette lighter to cig lighter starting car with flat battery

hi kcandco
you'll most likely burn out the cig wiring and or bow fuses and or do a lot of electric damage within the wiring harness

the cig wiring for starters would'nt carry enough amperage
i personely would even consider such an attemp
why would'nt you just buy a decent set of jumper leads and do it the safe and conventional way

Better off jump starting with a decent set of leads ...... as the wait time for the recharge via the cig lighters would be a while .... not too mention the fuel cost to the other vehicle.

If the vehicle with the flat battery draws too many amps ... it could well overload the little wiring used for the cig lighter .... as mentioned above.

I trickle charge via the cig lighter with one of those cheapo solar panels ... The process works OK if you have the time.

If your vehicle has dual battery system then all you need is 1 jumper lead, connect the + together.

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You say; "cigerette lighter to cigerette lighter devices which are supposed to *recharge* a flat battery enough to enable car to be started"

If it uses so little current not to blow all the fuses etc, it will take all day to recharge the battery, better off to use the 'storage device' your thinking of using to recharge to jump start the vehicle.
(unless it's a solar panel - as it's not a storage device)

Maîneÿ . . .

Thanks Everyone

Yes I too am a skeptic, but was talking to a friend a few weeks ago who has used one with succcess. He connected the 2 vehicles for a while before starting the dead one. Maybe he's lucky.

cheers Kc

There's also these Gizmo's - Don't know how effective they are but they supposedly work ...

30 Volt mini battery

Cheers

Steve

It seems everyone is falsely assuming you jump start viia a cigarette ligher wire.
The OP said "cigarette lighter to cigarette lighter recharging"

These devices do seem like they would have a use.
http://www.sidewinder.com.au/page61.html

Thinking of getting one myself simply to boost a small camp / backup battery
Regards Cruiser

Nope....but Ive tried cheap jumper leads and they melt, so I wouldn't like your chances of doing it in any sort of a hurray? LOL

I have one sourced from Derek at Sidewinder and they work. Simply connect between the two vehicle cigarette lighter sockets and leave for the four minute timer countdown. It provides enough charge for the vehicle with the flat battery to start. See here. No connection etc

http://www.sidewinder.com.au/page61.html