solar charger hook-up

[Grant Lenahan]

easy to test. If there's 12V on the cig lighter when key is off, it will work

Grant
On Jan 2, 2011, at 9:44 PM, Ed Kellock wrote:

> I have a similar question due to a similar self-treat....
> 
> This is for the urq however... I don't think the cigarette lighter will work
> unless the ignition is on, so I figured the charging function won't work
> either.  
> 
> I surmise that I might have to do a bit of "custom" wiring but haven't
> pursued it further due to the weather (simpleton trial-and-error testing).  
> 
> Ed
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] On
> Behalf Of Kent McLean
> Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 7:33 PM
> To: quattro
> Subject: solar charger hook-up
> 
> 
> I treated myself to a solar battery charger, for the 200 Avant that doesn't
> get used much.
> <http://www.amazon.com/BEST-2-22-Watt-Solar-Panel/dp/B002Z07IJO/ref=sr_1_1>
> 
> The panel came with bare leads.  No problem, I'll just attach a cigarette
> lighter plug to it. But... my electrical knowledge is challenged.
> 
> Do I attach the positive + output of the solar panel to the positive +
> center electrode of the the lighter plug? Or should the + feed the negative
> - side of the plug, to keep the electrons flowing from + to -?
> 
> It seems like a simple question, but it has me flummoxed.
> 
> -- 
> Kent McLean
> 1999 A4 Avant, V6 Tiptronic
> 1990 200 Avant mit V8 conversion
> gone: too many to count, including my first, "Bad Puppy"
> 
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Grant Lenahan
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