Make A Boom Box Out Of A Car Stereo?

[entranced]

hi, I am going to be working in a tractor for a few weeks and it has no stereo ..but it does have a cigerette lighter for power...there is not a huge amount of room in the cab so i wondered about simply plugging in a car stereo and laying the spkers somewhere in the cab?is it ok to put a lighter plug on the power cable?...i only want to play my ipod thru the aux socket....will this work?...any other suggestions?...i dont need the radio facility...its just a means of being able to listen to the ipod

[douglas9401]

Chances are it'll take the fuse in the lighter adaptor plug when cranked up or, if you uprate the fuse, melt the skinny cable.

[Fitzer]

Why not use headphones, added advantage of reducing external noise if you use the over the ear ones?

[MallyJ]

head phones and your phone..... listen to loads on my phone.

[TheChair]

Cigarette lighter is usually rated between 10 & 15 amps. Easily enough to power a car radio.

[HansUrbancka]

If the car stereo needs 12 volts then the 'Cigarette Lighter Socket, would appear to be the easiest place to get the supply... Incidentally, because smoking in vehicles is somewhat frowned upon, the lighter socket has become known as 'Automobile auxiliary power outlet'.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile_auxiliary_power_outlet

I don't know if you will be needing a plug for the stereo connection into the socket.:-

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=12v+male+car+cigarette+lighter+socket+plug+connector&crid=1ELDJ7KYBOKFG&sprefix=car+lighter+socket+plugs%2Caps%2C185&ref=nb_sb_ss_i_3_24

Best of luck.....Hans.

[entranced]

i tried headphones but one must also be able to listen out for any problems\issues with the machinery....

[fbg40]

Entranced
Bit late I know but have you thought along the lines of a small bluetooth speaker ? I presume your iPod has Bluetooth ?
FBG40

[Atheist]

Entranced; I really think it would be better to forgo your muzak while you are operating a tractor. Boring, I know; you can live without 'music' but you and others can't live in safety with people operating powerful machines when their minds are hazed by distraction.

[entranced]

thanks all,its an old ipod classic and so no bluetooth...and as for safety...am quite used to listening to radio 4 while i work in the field so quite safe....