cigarette lighters in NZ cars!!

Hi,

going from Canada to NZ; taking a voltage converter which I can plug into
Canadian cars' cigarette lighter. this allows me to run a converter
(assuming NZ car batteries are 12volt!) to 117 vac, where I can plug in
camera re-chargers; any other 117 v apps I bring like shavers etc.

can anyone tell me?

do NZ cars run on 12 volt batteries?
do they have cigarette lighters?
are the cigarette lighter "orifices" the same size as Canadian?

thanks for any comments!!

Gary

"Gary" wrote in message
news:ZV4nf.146373$S4.124198@edtnps84...
Hi,

going from Canada to NZ; taking a voltage converter which I can plug into
Canadian cars' cigarette lighter. this allows me to run a converter
(assuming NZ car batteries are 12volt!) to 117 vac, where I can plug in
camera re-chargers; any other 117 v apps I bring like shavers etc.

can anyone tell me?

do NZ cars run on 12 volt batteries?
do they have cigarette lighters?
are the cigarette lighter "orifices" the same size as Canadian?

thanks for any comments!!

Gary

Hi Gary.

Answers to your questions are yes, yes and yes in no particular order.

"Gary" wrote in message
news:ZV4nf.146373$S4.124198@edtnps84...
Hi,

going from Canada to NZ; taking a voltage converter which I can plug into
Canadian cars' cigarette lighter. this allows me to run a converter
(assuming NZ car batteries are 12volt!) to 117 vac, where I can plug in
camera re-chargers; any other 117 v apps I bring like shavers etc.

can anyone tell me?

do NZ cars run on 12 volt batteries?
do they have cigarette lighters?
are the cigarette lighter "orifices" the same size as Canadian?

thanks for any comments!!

Gary
NZ cars don't have batteries, they have crank handles. They're a little
behind the times in New Zealand, they still have a dairy on virtually every
corner in every town, where you go in and milk the cows for yourself. And
don't laugh when a Maori pokes out his tongue at you.

But seriously bring your gear and you'll manage.

David Bennetts
Australia

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"Gary" wrote in message
news:ZV4nf.146373$S4.124198@edtnps84...
Hi,

going from Canada to NZ; taking a voltage converter which I can plug into
Canadian cars' cigarette lighter. this allows me to run a converter
(assuming NZ car batteries are 12volt!) to 117 vac, where I can plug in
camera re-chargers; any other 117 v apps I bring like shavers etc.

can anyone tell me?

do NZ cars run on 12 volt batteries?
do they have cigarette lighters?
are the cigarette lighter "orifices" the same size as Canadian?

thanks for any comments!!

Gary
NZ cars don't have batteries, they have crank handles. They're a little
behind the times in New Zealand, they still have a dairy on virtually
every corner in every town, where you go in and milk the cows for
yourself. And don't laugh when a Maori pokes out his tongue at you.

But seriously bring your gear and you'll manage.

David Bennetts
Australia

Gary

David's advice is quite sound.
But you will only need to bring a crank handle if also touring Australia,
where you will be able to wind up a generator for your shaver etc. Also
useful for clobbering flies and other nasties that will swarm around your
head all day.

Gary - virtually all small appliances charge comfortably (and automaticly)
on any voltage from 110v to 220v - NZ is 230/240 which these appliances also
handle comfortably (the difference 220 to 240 is insignificant).

By all means use a 12v recharger if you wish, but all you really need is a
plug convertor to allow you to plug your American plugs into NZ outlets.

Information he
http://kropla.com/electric.htm



Have Fun!
"Gary" wrote in message
news:ZV4nf.146373$S4.124198@edtnps84...
Hi,

going from Canada to NZ; taking a voltage converter which I can plug into
Canadian cars' cigarette lighter. this allows me to run a converter
(assuming NZ car batteries are 12volt!) to 117 vac, where I can plug in
camera re-chargers; any other 117 v apps I bring like shavers etc.

can anyone tell me?

do NZ cars run on 12 volt batteries?
do they have cigarette lighters?
are the cigarette lighter "orifices" the same size as Canadian?

thanks for any comments!!

Gary

"Gary" wrote in message
news:ZV4nf.146373$S4.124198@edtnps84...
Hi,

going from Canada to NZ; taking a voltage converter which I can plug into
Canadian cars' cigarette lighter. this allows me to run a converter
(assuming NZ car batteries are 12volt!) to 117 vac, where I can plug in
camera re-chargers; any other 117 v apps I bring like shavers etc.

can anyone tell me?

do NZ cars run on 12 volt batteries?
do they have cigarette lighters?
are the cigarette lighter "orifices" the same size as Canadian?

thanks for any comments!!

Gary


Gary, please forgive anyone that surcome to the tempation to put your crook.

NZ cars like every other conventional car on earth (VW's and a few oddballs
the exception) are indeed 12Volts DC. Like every other car on earth they do
indeed have Auxillary power sockets (No-one likes smokers anymore) amd yes,
the socket is indeed universal.

Enjoy your NZ Trip.

NZ cars like every other conventional car on earth (VW's and a few
oddballs the exception) are indeed 12Volts DC.

I drive a VW Golf (a.k.a. Rabbit in the US) and it has a 12 Volt DC battery
like the others. The 6 Volt batteries in the VW Beetle must have been
abolished in the early 70s.

Turan

"Gary" wrote in message
news:ZV4nf.146373$S4.124198@edtnps84...
Hi,

going from Canada to NZ; taking a voltage converter which I can plug into
Canadian cars' cigarette lighter. this allows me to run a converter
(assuming NZ car batteries are 12volt!) to 117 vac, where I can plug in
camera re-chargers; any other 117 v apps I bring like shavers etc.

can anyone tell me?

do NZ cars run on 12 volt batteries?
do they have cigarette lighters?
are the cigarette lighter "orifices" the same size as Canadian?

thanks for any comments!!

Gary


Yes to all.


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A Mate wrote:
Gary - virtually all small appliances charge comfortably (and
automaticly) on any voltage from 110v to 220v - NZ is 230/240 which
these appliances also handle comfortably (the difference 220 to 240 is
insignificant).

By all means use a 12v recharger if you wish, but all you really need
is a plug convertor to allow you to plug your American plugs into NZ
outlets.

And that helps in a *car* exactly how? :-)

Yes, I know what you meant, but when I travel (in Oz, not NZ), I make
sure I can run all my stuff on/from the vehicle (*and* 240VAC).

Information he
http://kropla.com/electric.htm

Turan Fettahoglu turan.fe@invalid wrote:
NZ cars like every other conventional car on earth (VW's and a few
oddballs the exception) are indeed 12Volts DC.

I drive a VW Golf (a.k.a. Rabbit in the US) and it has a 12 Volt DC battery
like the others. The 6 Volt batteries in the VW Beetle must have been
abolished in the early 70s.

I'm not Scotty, but I think he referred to the non-standard *socket*
which some vehicles use. A standard cigarette ligther socket is, as a
socket, a very bad one. I.e. if one would design one now, not for use as
a cigarette ligther, then it would be much better/different than the
old/current one. Some car manufacturers now use new/non-standard
sockets.