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  2. Automobile auxiliary power outlet - Wikipedia

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    The use of cigarette lighter receptacles to supply 12 volt DC power is an example of backward compatibility to a de facto standard. As a power connector, the lighter receptacle is larger, harder to use and less reliable than other DC connectors [citation needed]. Cigarette lighter receptacles are in widespread use in many highway vehicles and ...

  3. DC connector - Wikipedia

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    A 12–Volt cigar lighter plug. The automobile auxiliary power outlet is also called a cigarette lighter receptacle, or cigar lighter receptacle, since it was originally designed as a lighter for cigars—hence its rather large size. Nowadays, it is used to power automotive accessories such as portable inverters, mobile phone chargers and ...

  4. Power inverter - Wikipedia

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    Waveform produced by a cigarette lighter 12 volt DC to 120 V AC 60 Hz inverter. The modified sine wave is the sum of two square waves, one of which is delayed one-quarter of the period with respect to the other. The result is a repeated voltage step sequence of zero, peak positive, zero, peak negative, and again zero.

  5. Lighter - Wikipedia

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    A permanent match lighter with the metal 'match' leaning against the shell. A typical form of lighter is the permanent match or everlasting match, consisting of a naphtha fuel-filled metal shell and a separate threaded metal rod assembly—the "match"—serving as the striker and wick. This "metal match" is stored screwed into the fuel storage ...

  6. Cigarette lighter - Wikipedia

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    Cigarette lighter may refer to: Cigarette lighter receptacle, an in-car electric socket; Lighter, a portable device used to create a flame This page was last edited ...

  7. Zippo - Wikipedia

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    American inventor George G. Blaisdell founded Zippo Manufacturing Company in 1932 and produced the first Zippo lighter in early 1933, being inspired by an Austrian cigarette lighter of similar design made by IMCO. [7] It got its name because Blaisdell liked the sound of the word "zipper," and "zippo" sounded more modern. [8]