Multi outlet cig adapters, couple quick questions.. Options

[95CelicaST]

So I am starting to compile many things in the Celica that use my cigarette lighter (Ipod, cell phone, etc.) and so I started looking for a multi-outlet cigarette thing to use instead. Does anyone have one of these? My thoughts were to mount it inside the center console next to the shifter (probably velcro it to the inside wall there)and then cut off the plug and splice it into the back of the factory cigarette lighter for power. My question is, do you think my placement idea might cause it to overheat and fail?

[pittfirefighter]

i don't see why it would fail, it creates practically no heat itself? No resistors + no fuses = no large amount of heat... i had a splitter that i spliced in like you said behind the trim and then plugged everything in and ran the wires out to places where i would plug stuff in, that way you didn't see all the outlets and such, phone cable came out near my ebrake so i could plug my phone in and still hear it when it rang, and ipod went into center console to charge it....