Which fuse?

[Bassfiend]

...is the ciggie lighter fuse?

(Can't find my "manual" to check and it's snowing like buggery outside.)

I just went to pop the accumate on and the ciggie lighter socket appears no longer connected so I can only assume I blew the fuse when I allowed the USB-A end of my iPhone charging lead to drop into the ciggie lighter hole earlier today as that no longer works either...

Phil

[Badmutha]

No.4 on mine numbering from the left with the relays above. Also protects heated mirrors and seats and it's a 30A although 15A is OK if you don't have these.

Edited by Badmutha on Thursday 16th December 19:56

[Bassfiend]

Badmutha said:

No.4 on mine numbering from the left with the relays above. Also protects heated mirrors and seats and it's a 30A although 15A is OK if you don't have these.

Edited by Badmutha on Thursday 16th December 19:56

(huge hug)

Thanks - it's bloody cold and snowing out there and I didn't want to be pulling them all out one at a time if I could help it...

Phil

[phillpot]

Tenth from right on mine ('96)

15amp is correct unless you have heated seats, which shouldn't be working if fuse blown.

HTH.

[Bassfiend]

Thanks guys - just got back in after doing the fuse ...

It's sooooooo damn cold out there even though it's above freezing so thanks for the info on which one it was - sure enough it was a 30amp (although I have no heated seats) and it was blown. Accumate is now plugged in and giving me a bit of a top-up ready for the morning.

PITA really as even if I leave it a couple of days with it on the Accumate still shows an amber LED indicating that it's charging rather than it's just maintaining ... the quiescent drain on the car as a whole must be pretty substantial as it's flat within about three days if I don't use it or have the charger on it.

(Never mind - something else for David Batty to sort out when he has a spare slot...)

Phil

[madasafrog666]

Could be your battery is on the way out, mine takes at least three to four weeks to drain flat.
Once the charger is on it goes to maintain within about 15 Min's

[Bassfiend]

Battery was new as of the Xmas holidays last year (so it's a year old) and was fine when tested about a month ago - it's always drained very quickly, if I leave it with the alarm *ON* then it can drain in under two days. (If that sounds bad it actually only needs a draw of about 1.5A continuous to do that which isn't all that much given a very old alarm...)

Phil