How does a car cigarette lighter work?
How does a car cigarette lighter work?
Explore the engineering of a car cigarette lighter through industrial CT scans, revealing an efficient analog design that operates without digital components.
This is an ad for something CT-scan-related, but it contains a good breakdown of how an old car cigarette lighter works. And it has a couple interactive CT Scan explorers past the video.
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Ah, the old school electric car cigarette lighter. Also known as "The curious child's first learning experience with the concept of 'hot' "
How many noses have fallen to its lure?
Fingertips for me, lol.
Same here. I was playing with the little cover thing, accidentally got it stuck, and the plastic handle started to melt off. Burnt the tips of my fingers trying to get it fixed.
I learned the hard way that
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it still worked even if the car was off and
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even if you pop it out early, perhaps thinking it's not working, it can still be hot enough to burn you even if it isn't red hot like you normally see it.
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Ash trays in all the passenger doors. AKA mini trash cans.
Ohhhh shit so that's what they were? As a kid I used to see them as mini cup holders.
Eh, I just took it out to plug in my Game Boy/Game Gear.