Making the cigarette lighter hot without a key

"Jay Alperson" wrote in news:8M0Fd.384$sT3.208@fed1read07:

You can pull out the radio and find, with a voltmeter, which wire has constant voltage on it, and then wire the lighter socket to that wire.

It depends on a load you're putting on that wire. Be careful with it 'cause you can easily burn fuse, or, God forbid, start a fire.

Cheers, Voja

Larry Weil wrote:

On my (USA) 2005 Forester, the Subaru manual states the following:

• The electrical power socket located on the lower part of the instrument panel is originally designed to use a genuine SUBARU cigarette lighter plug. Do not use non-genuine cigarette lighter plugs in the socket. Doing so may cause a short-circuit and overheating, resulting in a fire.

• If the socket is ever used for a plug-in accessory such as a cell phone, that may damage the portion of the socket's internal mechanism that causes a cigarette lighter plug to "pop out" after its lighter element is heated. Therefore, do not place a cigarette lighter plug in a socket that has been used, even once, to power a plug-in accessory. Doing so may cause the plug to stick and overheat, creating a potential fire hazard.