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ian roby · Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 17:48 Post subject: cig lighter fuse

i cant for the hell find out were the fuse is for my cig lighter on a 97 uk lwb trooper it did work no probb,s because i only use it for charging my mobile (( i dont smoke)) i have tried my charger in another car and it works i have checked it for a live feed and a earth feed its got earth but no live has anyone else had this problem please help taaaa i have checked every fuse i can fine and there all ok had them all out twice Crying or Very sad

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Peterjday · *** Joined: 28 Apr 2004 Posts: 249

Silly question perhaps, but did you test it with the ignition on or off?

Some cars, like Troopers, have cigarette lighters that are not powered when the ignition is off. It is a nuisance, but you can rewire them directly from the battery (with a fuse in the line).

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ian roby · Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 19:59 Post subject:

HA HA NO I,VE TRIED IT WITH THE IGNITION ON NICE ONE THOUGH Wink

Peterjday · *** Joined: 28 Apr 2004 Posts: 249

Might be it hasn't got a fuse. My wife's Citroen ZX didn't and when the socket shorted internally the wiring generated a huge amount of smoke before I managed to get the battery disconnected. Embarassed

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ian roby · Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 21:46 Post subject:

it must be deffo a fuse what happend was i was using a plug in tyre inflator and the compressor side of it blew up and jammed the motor thus blowing the fuse to cig lighter

D8 RCS · Newbie Joined: 30 Apr 2004 Posts: 7

Hi Ian,
The fuse you're after should be in the fuse box in the drivers footwell the fuse number is C12 and it should be a 20 amp fuse.
Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Ray ( D8 RCS )

Peterjday · *** Joined: 28 Apr 2004 Posts: 249

Oddly enough it was a tyre inflator that I had plugged in to my wife's ZX that caused the problem. There was an apparent bad connection and I twiddled the plug around to get a better contact. This must have bent something inside the socket to cause it to short.

It wasn't a Halfords tyre inflator by any chance?

It is about time that cars were fitted with proper sockets for accessories rather than continuing with the fag lighter bodge. Evil or Very Mad

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ian roby · Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 9:06 Post subject:

no it was just a cheap one from a local motorist shop £10 i had it for about 15 months and only used it 3 times Sad