Swapping your cig plug to Anderson plug on 12v cables 

You can also undo cig plug screw and see the positive connection on the center pole, unscrew that and mark as positive. Preserves more cable too. Thumbs up video though. 👍

Yes another useful no thrills video. I have done exactly what you have done with air compressors and fridges the only thing I do different is fit an Anderson plug to the to the original connection ie the cig connection or alligator clips. You can then use these when you need to connect to power when Anderson only connection is not available.

Great tip mate, faced this exact problem recently and didn't plan ahead ended up taking it to my auto elec to confirm which was which.

Good way of finding the Pos or Neg cable if you don't have the other indicators. The inline fuse to protect the device is in the tip of the cigarette plug so you would probably need to add a new fuse in line before the Anderson connector if it is going straight to a battery box.

Oh my gosh thank you so much I'm going to do this to my portable fridge freezer

The original end on that cable comes apart with one screw, making it dead simple to see that the ribbed cable is negative...which is a standard across the industry. Good idea swapping out the unreliable accessory plug for an Anderson. XT-60 is a good option too, if you happen to use those.

Very nice, however don’t you need a fuse? I’m sure there was a fuse inside the cig plug.

Useful upload Dino. Can’t tell you how many times I have seen a post on Facebook someone asking which is positive egative. I was super lucky when I purchased a spare cable from Jaycar for my Engel as within the cig plug itself the positive had a fuse so I didn’t need a multi meter. I’ll be sure to share this vid next time I see someone ask Hope your weekend is going great mate Cheers Jason

the wire may have no obvious marks but if you look closely there's a rib on the outside of one. That said, you can check the entire cable for hot and ground, then make a note of which is which, BEFORE CUTTING ANYTHING. This particular cable also has printing on one lead so you can follow that too. Not sure why you are having problems with the old style lighter plug. Might just be a particular make.

Great job Dino, well put mate. Seeya Rob

Perfect, thanks mate. Really helped

Good work mate. I need to learn how to use a multimeter.

Another way to check is just use your multimeter arcross both leads if its the red lead is in the negative line it will display -12.00v or if the positive is on the red lead it will show 12.00v

you have just lost the fuse which is inside the cig plug, plus its a lot easier to unscrew the cig lighter plug and see which wire is connected to pos and neg.......

Do you know why the multi mitre has pointed ends ? Do you don’t have to cut wire drongo

Great tip thxs

Hi, is the soldering part very important? I am looking for a method to do this without soldering as I don't have that equipment at the moment

Clever

Can you review about that pool from 3 years ago and what happened to it?

I really wish Anderson connectors were standard on vehicles instead of cigarette lighters.

Just how old is that wire stripper?

They are useless. Constantly popping out. I swap out all my cigarette lighters

Can just unscrew the plug and see what one it is also

Ansel plug is stronger

*Promosm* 🤔