I have a ligth and want to cut off a cigartette lighter adapter and run it straight to the battery or at least have it run off the battery without all the loose wires.How do you wire from cigarette lighter to battery?run it to the fuse box, alot easier, and safer...
if you want it to have permanant power, eg:, while ignition off, find the clocks power source, or interior light, or whatever works constantly, and tap into that...How do you wire from cigarette lighter to battery?Go to an auto electric repairer or four wheel drive (SUV) shop and you will be able to buy an adaptor so that you can hook your light up to a cigarette lighter socket with leeds that will attach to your battery. Or you can make one yourself by buying the female lighter socket from an electical parts store and attach alligator clips to the wires. (they usually crimp or screw on which is easy to do yourself)
It does not matter which wire connects to which terminal on the battery. Just make sure that the clips are put on the battery terminals or clamps in such a way that they will not spring off (this is a problem if the positive wire stays connnected to the battery and the negative clip makes earth contact with the car as this could damage your electrics )
Look at the link below for a sample of the adaptor I am talking about.
