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==Outlets==
Today's electronics (phone, GPS) typically charge off USB type A or type C <ref>In June 2022, the EU passed a law requiring that all phones, tablets, and cameras sold in the region by the end of 2024 have a USB-C port.</ref> connectors. You can purchase a charging receptacle with wiring to connect directly to your battery. Most have an inline SAE connection.
===Cigarette Lighter===
Officially termed the '''Automotive Accessory Receptacle''', back in "the old days", every car had a cigarette lighter. You push in the lighter, it gets glowing red hot inside and pops out like toast from a toaster. This would allow you to light up your cancer sticks while driving without causing a fire (even before the disposable cigarette lighter). All sorts of things from inflators to CB radios or radar detectors ran off the cigarette lighter adapter. This is obviously old technology in 2024. People still sell them, and gadgets that use them. But, since they are fairly bulky, most new products do not use this form factor for a power supply.
===Coaxial===