Smoking ?

[Dumbclutz]

I'm thinking of taking up smoking but my cigarette lighter does not work. It used to work, but when I was poking around inside it trying to make the lighter fit a bit tighter, there was a little spark and then it died.......should have used a plastic screwdriver ! I checked it with my multimeter and there is no power. I've checked all the fuses in the panel under the right of the dashboard and they are fine.
Actually I don't need it for smoking, but for the portable Sat Nav that I use to find my way home.
I've tried to pull the socket out of the console, but it seems to have a bulge on one side (bulb?) so it won't pass through the round hole
Any ideas about other fuses, i.e. a line fuse somewhere or anything else which may assist. (No I don't have a mains charger for the Sat Nav !)
Thanks

[mjb]

I did a HOWTO guide on replacing the cigarette lighter socket.

viewtopic.php?t=1708

[Dumbclutz]

I did a HOWTO guide on replacing the cigarette lighter socket.

viewtopic.php?t=1708

Thanks for the link, I will put it into practice on Saturday. Any idea about the fuse, I checked all those in the fuse box without finding a blown one. Thanks again

[mjb]

Off the top of my head it's a 10A fuse that is one of the 2 or 3 which can be installed in 2 different positions (so you can choose to have it on or off with ignition off). top row, about 10 from the left

[Dumbclutz]

Off the top of my head it's a 10A fuse that is one of the 2 or 3 which can be installed in 2 different positions (so you can choose to have it on or off with ignition off). top row, about 10 from the left

Thanks for the information, I bet I pulled the fuse out to check it and then replaced it in the wrong set of sockets so that when I ran a meter over the Lighter Socket with the ignition off, there was no power. I'll test it with the ignition on !

[mjb]

As someone who frequently runs "stuff" from the lighter socket (gps charger, phone charger, inverter, etc) I've found it a lifesaver to have it cut out with the ignition off...

[Dumbclutz]

As someone who frequently runs "stuff" from the lighter socket (gps charger, phone charger, inverter, etc) I've found it a lifesaver to have it cut out with the ignition off...

That's interesting, I'm of the opposite opinion, I often leave things charging from the socket overnight in my garage. I guess your lifesaver comment is based on experience of discharging the car battery, but that seems unlikely unless you were running a telly from the inverter?

[Welly]

I'm just confused as to why the old thread linkage worked now?

And m's advice is all good here

[DaiRees]

I'm just confused as to why the old thread linkage worked now?

Why wouldn't it?

[Welly]

I'm just confused as to why the old thread linkage worked now?

Why wouldn't it?

I thought all the old freds were flushed down the toilet on Saturday?

[DaiRees]

Ah that, yeah Nick has managed to recover a copy of the forum from the playground, which was made about 6-8 weeks ago. So we've lost the more recent stuff but the older stuff is all intact.

[mjb]

As someone who frequently runs "stuff" from the lighter socket (gps charger, phone charger, inverter, etc) I've found it a lifesaver to have it cut out with the ignition off...

That's interesting, I'm of the opposite opinion, I often leave things charging from the socket overnight in my garage. I guess your lifesaver comment is based on experience of discharging the car battery, but that seems unlikely unless you were running a telly from the inverter?

I have a very weak battery 30 mins charging a phone and ipaq while listening to the stereo (not amped, low volume) will take the car to bump-start land.

[Dumbclutz]

As someone who frequently runs "stuff" from the lighter socket (gps charger, phone charger, inverter, etc) I've found it a lifesaver to have it cut out with the ignition off...

That's interesting, I'm of the opposite opinion, I often leave things charging from the socket overnight in my garage. I guess your lifesaver comment is based on experience of discharging the car battery, but that seems unlikely unless you were running a telly from the inverter?

I have a very weak battery 30 mins charging a phone and ipaq while listening to the stereo (not amped, low volume) will take the car to bump-start land.

Bring back starting handles I say then we will never get stuck with a flat battery, just the occasional broken or dislocated thumb! My car is automatic so no chance of bump-starting but I think it is fitted as standard with a stonking great battery.
I checked the fuse and like you said, it has a two way socket so I changed the position and lo! the lighter glows and the phone charges even with the ignition off.