cigeratte lighter wiring
 

I was given an cigeratte lighter from a Cub 149, with no instructions, that I want to install in my Cub 169 . Family claims their father had dealer install it when he purchased the 149 new.
I was going to hook a wire from the rear post to the battery side of magnetic switch with an 15 amp fuse. But I don't know if it should be grounded. It is mounted on the fiber glass cowling, but there isn't an extra post on the lighter.
I want to use it to power my 12V tractor radio while woking in the garden.

The dash has a metal backing the lighter gets its ground from that.

There is no metal backing where the cub 149 & 169 has the hole in the fiber glass cowling for the cigarette lighter. That is what confused me.

Ok. I haven't owned that series yet so I didn't know. Probably wouldn't be hard to put a ground wire under the screw on back and put it to the frame. Or solder it to the case of the socket. I don't see much of another way of doing it

How about supplying a picture of the Cigarette Lighter assembly...??

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Roland is right! Pics would help! Often a cig lighter will have a grounding spade on it somewhere so you can ground it with a wire.

Cigarette lighter wiring
 

Problem solved--found an old style clamp with a brass screw---tightened it around the outer cylinder with the ground wire to the brass screw.
Didn't want to damaged the outer cylinder because it is not a common optional item.

Glad to hear you got it figured out!:beerchug:

Glad you got it figured out! :beerchug: