Are there any cheapish digital tyre inflators out there (£40) that
come with crocodile clips, internal battery or main adapter instead of
the cigarette lighter adapter?

I wanted to pick one up to blow my tyres up as a lot of the air pumps
at garages near me are not working at the moment. Unfortunately my
cars cig lighter don't work even when the car is switched on.

"Bill" wrote in message
...
Are there any cheapish digital tyre inflators out there (£40) that
come with crocodile clips, internal battery or main adapter instead of
the cigarette lighter adapter?

I wanted to pick one up to blow my tyres up as a lot of the air pumps
at garages near me are not working at the moment. Unfortunately my
cars cig lighter don't work even when the car is switched on.



Get a decent calibrated tyre guage and a decent manual foot pump. Will last
far longer, cheaper and more accurate.

"Bill" wrote in message
...
Are there any cheapish digital tyre inflators out there (£40) that
come with crocodile clips, internal battery or main adapter instead of
the cigarette lighter adapter?

I wanted to pick one up to blow my tyres up as a lot of the air pumps
at garages near me are not working at the moment. Unfortunately my
cars cig lighter don't work even when the car is switched on.


None of them do, but it's not that difficult to join two wires to the
cigarette
lighter plug and attach some crocodile clips on the ends. Make sure the
wire going to the tip of the plug goes to the positive!

On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:06:07 +0000, Huey wrote:

"Bill" wrote in message
...
Are there any cheapish digital tyre inflators out there (£40) that
come with crocodile clips, internal battery or main adapter instead of
the cigarette lighter adapter?

I wanted to pick one up to blow my tyres up as a lot of the air pumps
at garages near me are not working at the moment. Unfortunately my cars
cig lighter don't work even when the car is switched on.



Get a decent calibrated tyre guage and a decent manual foot pump. Will
last far longer, cheaper and more accurate.

Seconded.

The gauges on the electric inflators are so inaccurate as to be
worthless, and unless you have some physical shortcomings a foot pump is
actually faster.

Chris

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On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:57:53 -0000, IanT wrote:


"Bill" wrote in message
...
Are there any cheapish digital tyre inflators out there (£40) that
come with crocodile clips, internal battery or main adapter instead of
the cigarette lighter adapter?

I wanted to pick one up to blow my tyres up as a lot of the air pumps
at garages near me are not working at the moment. Unfortunately my
cars cig lighter don't work even when the car is switched on.


None of them do, but it's not that difficult to join two wires to the
cigarette
lighter plug and attach some crocodile clips on the ends. Make sure the
wire going to the tip of the plug goes to the positive!



Well quite a lot aren't ignition switched but fitting croc clips instead
isn't rocket science.

On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:57:53 -0000, "IanT"
wrote:


"Bill" wrote in message
.. .
Are there any cheapish digital tyre inflators out there (£40) that
come with crocodile clips, internal battery or main adapter instead of
the cigarette lighter adapter?

I wanted to pick one up to blow my tyres up as a lot of the air pumps
at garages near me are not working at the moment. Unfortunately my
cars cig lighter don't work even when the car is switched on.


None of them do, but it's not that difficult to join two wires to the
cigarette
lighter plug and attach some crocodile clips on the ends. Make sure the
wire going to the tip of the plug goes to the positive!


Or you can buy a cig lighter to croc clips adaptor from Ebay for not a
lot if you wish .

On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:02:42 GMT, Chris Whelan
wrote:

On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:06:07 +0000, Huey wrote:

"Bill" wrote in message
...
Are there any cheapish digital tyre inflators out there (£40) that
come with crocodile clips, internal battery or main adapter instead of
the cigarette lighter adapter?

I wanted to pick one up to blow my tyres up as a lot of the air pumps
at garages near me are not working at the moment. Unfortunately my cars
cig lighter don't work even when the car is switched on.



Get a decent calibrated tyre guage and a decent manual foot pump. Will
last far longer, cheaper and more accurate.

Seconded.

The gauges on the electric inflators are so inaccurate as to be
worthless, and unless you have some physical shortcomings a foot pump is
actually faster.

I have an electric one that reads twice what the actual pressure
is...and goes up to a maximum of 210 psi!

In article ,
Bill wrote:
Are there any cheapish digital tyre inflators out there (£40) that
come with crocodile clips, internal battery or main adapter instead of
the cigarette lighter adapter?

I wanted to pick one up to blow my tyres up as a lot of the air pumps
at garages near me are not working at the moment. Unfortunately my
cars cig lighter don't work even when the car is switched on.

I don't know of any of these compressors with a decent gauge. I use a jump
start pack and a separate accurate gauge. The battery still works the
compressor adequately long after it has ceased being capable of delivering
the current needed for a jump start.

But if the fag lighter plug is the only real problem with a car battery
driven one, easy enough to hack it off and replace with croc clips. Or
make up an adaptor lead so you have the choice.

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In article ,
Huey wrote:
Get a decent calibrated tyre guage and a decent manual foot pump. Will
last far longer, cheaper and more accurate.

I've got two compressors. One run off the car battery and the other as
part of a jump start pack. Both still work just fine. Despite being
cheaper than a good quality foot pump. Which can be quite hard work. ;-)

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Dave Plowman London SW
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Bill wrote:
Are there any cheapish digital tyre inflators out there (£40) that
come with crocodile clips, internal battery or main adapter instead of
the cigarette lighter adapter?

I wanted to pick one up to blow my tyres up as a lot of the air pumps
at garages near me are not working at the moment. Unfortunately my
cars cig lighter don't work even when the car is switched on.

Buy one with a cigarette lighter plug, chop it off and fit crocodile
clips. You can buy them in Maplin or RS Components or something.

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Douglas