I know a lot of people are afraid of any wiring projects and while this isn't really that specific to cars, nor is it very difficult to those others that understand electronics, I thought I would post this up.
I had purchases a Gigaware FM Transmitter since I was going on a road trip and obviously needed some music. On the way back, my friend broke the power connector.
That's what it looks like when the end gets broken off in a cigarette lighter. I opened what remained of the connector to find this circuit board. Note that it also had 2 wires running to it that I had already un-soldered.
This board does at least one of two things. It takes the 12v from the car and drops it down to 5v that the transmitter uses. It may also reduce electronic noise since this is an audio component.
I also have had this little guy for awhile, a simple usb charger for my phone.
I originally thought that I would hook the two wires from the transmitter to the 12 volt prongs on the usb charger, until I found out the transmitter is 5v. Those who are in the know will then say, usb uses 5v, so I dove in with a multimeter and figured out which pins do what on the usb board.
With that figured out it was time to put the two together. Started with this half.
Ended with this.
Here are those 2 wires and the plastic bit that removes stress from the joint.
Here it is cut up a bit and in the new big hole.
Drilled another, slightly bigger hole in this cover plate.
Put it all together, this is what you get.
No noise in the system, charging works, a perfect outcome.
I had purchases a Gigaware FM Transmitter since I was going on a road trip and obviously needed some music. On the way back, my friend broke the power connector.
That's what it looks like when the end gets broken off in a cigarette lighter. I opened what remained of the connector to find this circuit board. Note that it also had 2 wires running to it that I had already un-soldered.
This board does at least one of two things. It takes the 12v from the car and drops it down to 5v that the transmitter uses. It may also reduce electronic noise since this is an audio component.
I also have had this little guy for awhile, a simple usb charger for my phone.
I originally thought that I would hook the two wires from the transmitter to the 12 volt prongs on the usb charger, until I found out the transmitter is 5v. Those who are in the know will then say, usb uses 5v, so I dove in with a multimeter and figured out which pins do what on the usb board.
With that figured out it was time to put the two together. Started with this half.
Ended with this.
Here are those 2 wires and the plastic bit that removes stress from the joint.
Here it is cut up a bit and in the new big hole.
Drilled another, slightly bigger hole in this cover plate.
Put it all together, this is what you get.
No noise in the system, charging works, a perfect outcome.
