Gee, Max, I'll bet it was before they started installing radios with digital
tuning that need a constant source of power. My 77B has one. Looking at Moss'
catalog I see that a lighter (142-270) is listed as being optional for the
'62-'67
dashboard and standard for the '68-'71, '72-'76 and '77-'80.
Max Heim wrote:
> So, when did they start putting cigar lighters into MGs? My guess is
> 1968... am I right? I know a '66 has no such thing.
>
> Bud Krueger had this to say:
>
> >FYI, NAPA sells a setup that does that very thing. It's a 9v battery
> >connector
> >wired to a cigarette lighter plug. You might recall that the cigarette
> >lighter
> >circuit is active at all times, as is the lead to a radio that is intended
> >to hold
> >the presets. The primary intent of the gadget is to maintain the car's
> >computer
> >programming when the battery is disconnected during service. In this case it
> >doesn't matter which side of the battery is disconnected (or both).
> >
> >Chris Kotting wrote:
> >
> >> Two things:
> >>
> >> Not disputing the point, but I was always told to put the switch on the
> >> ground side. What is the reason for sayng it should be on the
> >> non-ground?
> >>
> >> A good way to keep the radio presets from going away is to wire a VERY
> >> low value fast-acting in-line fuse across the switch. You open the
> >> switch, and power is available to keep the presets alive through the
> >> fuse. Anything starts drawing real power (even a dome light bulb, if
> >> you put in a low enough value fuse) and the fuse blows and the circuit
> >> is open. Another way is to have a 9 volt battery wired to a cigarette
> >> lighter plug. Plug that in to the cigarette lighter just before
> >> throwing the switch. 9 volts is enough to keep the presets alive.
> >>
> >> Chris Kotting
> >> ckotting@iwaynet.net
> >>
> >
> >--
> >Bud Krueger
> >http://home.ici.net/~bkrueger/
> >52TD
> >77MGB
> >
> >
> >
>
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