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Title: cigarette lighter not working...
Post by: ddevil on July 30, 2006, 09:29:25 AM: ok i'm no electrician, especially when it comes to vehicles, so does anyone have any easy starting points i could look at to try and figure out why my cigarette lighter isn't working? i did check the fuse and the back of the lighter to make sure it was plugged in and it is so now what? :P could it be the lighter itself not making good contact? i guess i could take a voltmeter and test the power wires running into it eh and run back from there? guess i just answered my question too :P oi...

mike
Title: Re: cigarette lighter not working...
Post by: gravity_storm on July 30, 2006, 10:00:14 AM: I would test the wire at the back of the lighter socket with a voltmeter. If it has power then either the lighter or socket itself is bad. Both the socket and the lighter itself have been generic parts in every vehicle that I've ever messed with in the past. I would assume these are too. In my zuki the socket itself is rusty so it is hard to get anything to make contact in it.
Title: Re: cigarette lighter not working...
Post by: wildgoody on July 30, 2006, 10:33:24 AM: The lighter socket is only hot when the key is on,
have you tried the lighter only when turned off ???
Title: Re: cigarette lighter not working...
Post by: ddevil on July 30, 2006, 10:45:14 AM: lol, yeah i tried it on, off, with the lights on, with them off... you name it :P

mike
Title: Re: cigarette lighter not working...
Post by: da_tub on July 30, 2006, 08:54:00 PM: did you test for power.. could be just the little lighter thingey thats burnt out,, try plugging something in there light a phone charger. or some 12v acc for a cig lighter.. or a test light
Title: Re: cigarette lighter not working...
Post by: locjaw on July 30, 2006, 10:11:12 PM: you could always quit smoking ;D
j/k

in my sammy i used a heavier wire on both the hot and the neutral so you could run hi power stuff off of it(spotlights, inverters)
and it works all the time
jason
Title: Re: cigarette lighter not working...
Post by: HotRod on July 30, 2006, 10:16:22 PM: Quote from: locjaw on July 30, 2006, 10:11:12 PM
you could always quit smoking ;D
j/k

in my sammy i used a heavier wire on both the hot and the neutral so you could run hi power stuff off of it(spotlights, inverters)
and it works all the time
jason
Yup. just wired mine directly
Title: Re: cigarette lighter not working...
Post by: ddevil on July 31, 2006, 02:52:49 PM: Quote from: locjaw on July 30, 2006, 10:11:12 PM
you could always quit smoking ;D
j/k

in my sammy i used a heavier wire on both the hot and the neutral so you could run hi power stuff off of it(spotlights, inverters)
and it works all the time
jason

lol. that's mainly what i want it for, spotlight, phone charger etc etc... that's an idea though, rewire it.

mike
Title: Re: cigarette lighter not working...
Post by: nils on July 31, 2006, 03:27:58 PM: maybe just a blown fuse?
Title: Re: cigarette lighter not working...
Post by: ddevil on August 01, 2006, 07:09:09 PM: ok, i'm just an idiot :P i guess the lighter part just doesn't stay pushed in until it's hot but if i hold it in it'll 'fire' up so to speak.... someone make this a sticky as "ddevil is an idiot" please :-[

mike
Title: Re: cigarette lighter not working...
Post by: wildgoody on August 02, 2006, 08:00:29 AM: But isn't it nice when the solution is easy ;D

You won't soon forget this learning expierience ;)
Title: Re: cigarette lighter not working...
Post by: ddevil on August 02, 2006, 01:20:19 PM: lol, yeah it is rather nice.

mike