Wagan EL9794 12V 3 Way Socket with Battery Analysis

 (64 customer reviews)

The Wagan 9794 is an excellent 3 way socket extension for your current car cigareete (power) socket. It comes with a pretty long extension cord, so you can position it just about anywhere you want to inside the car. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who has more than one car appliance such as a radar detector, navigation system, ipod am/fm transmitter, etc.

So far this item seems to work fine. I was hoping to use a power outlet in the back seat area but that didn't work out. I was able to mount it out of the way near my emergency brake and run 2 other cords to it, which tidyied up my console area. It doesn't mention the length of the cord anywhere on Amazon or on the mfg web site so I contacted the manufacturer. The response I received was that the cable is 5.5 ft long, but actually it is 38".

I purchased this adapter (as opposed to one without a cable because to use my existing socket for power I had to keep the ashtray open all the time.

It took me about 10 minutes to wire this unit to the existing socket wiring, and 1 minute to attach the unit to my car using the provided screws.

I am using two of the ports - one connected to my Sirius satellite receiver and the other conencted to my Garmin GPS - everything works fine.

The power indicator is "interesting" but redundant from a practical standpoint as my car already has a battery indicator.

For the price you can't go wrong.

Note that you will have to be patient as the lead time for this unit is about a month from cablesonline.