Cigarette lighter fuse
Discussion
FWIW the cigarette lighter on my 97 Chim is permanently on. I have a vague recollection that there might be an in-line fuse holder wired into the loom next to the cigarette lighter, but that could be complete toss. It's been at least a year since I had my hand inside the door and can't remember properly.
ATG & SHNOZZ
The reason your ciggy lighter is permanently on is,
there are two wires going to it and they have been mixed up so the light stays on. Luckily I realised this before reassembly There may be a fuse as well on one of them, or maybe just a connector?
That's if my memory serves me right,which is more than a little unusual
The reason your ciggy lighter is permanently on is,
there are two wires going to it and they have been mixed up so the light stays on. Luckily I realised this before reassembly There may be a fuse as well on one of them, or maybe just a connector?
That's if my memory serves me right,which is more than a little unusual
ATG said:Err...They all do that Sir, except for Poorpetes of course.
the cigarette lighter socket is permanently live
I may have it completely wrong, but... I thought that the act of pushing in the ciggy lighter made a circuit and heated the element, so really its just like a button (except that the element gives some resistance to the current, it therefore gets hot).
Or do you mean that the element heats without being pushed in? If so its a dodgy element (bit you light a fag with).
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