You can buy a small supply of fuses in various sizes very cheaply One it is and make sure you replace it with a like for like. Got the handbook a quick look in the fuse box and you should be able to locate which This does vary depending on the make and model of your car. Only draw around 10 amps of power so the circuits generally use 10 or 15 ampįuses. Usually though the lighter socket will work fine, and they New vehicles tend to have USB connectors whichĪre far better to use to plug your phone etc into. One had a mobile phone or a satellite navigation unit that needed charging.Įxpecting it to work perfectly for something it wasn’t designedįor is a little unreasonable. In all honesty you must remember that the cigarette lighter Owned including Volvo’s, Peugeots and BMW’s I lost count of the number of 10,ġ5 or even 20-amp car cigarette fuses I’ve replaced over the years. I used to have a Ford Focus and trust me the ford focusĬigarette lighter fuse is notorious for blowing. Your sat nav or phone will not get the required power at all or it may work intermittentlyĪnd stop working if you drive over bumps in the road and slightly dislodge it. However, if contact isn’t being made correctly then If the lighter doesn’t work, then you should examine the carsĬigarette lighter sockets and most 12v accessories areĭesigned to have some play in them as many have a spring-loaded contact and With whatever appliance you are trying to use. Push the cigarette lighter in firmly and if it does heat upĪnd pop out of the socket then it has power as is fine so it must be a problem If you don’t have a multimeter youĬould just use the actual cigarette lighter if you still have it (non-smokers Power is tested on the centre pin of the socket and test Use your car fuse multimeter to see if there is power and If you have kids, you’ll often find sweets, toys and heaven There is also a danger you could get an electric shock from it. Metal objects to do it, such as tweezers or you could really blow the fuse if it
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When removing anything that shouldn’t be there don’t use Preventing a good connection needs to be removed. Anything that’s blocking the power from getting through or Lighter socket (you may need a torch) to make sure there isn’t anything inside that
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So, once you’ve looked carefully inside the cigarette
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Ones used by professional mechanics daily needs to be heavyĭuty, due to the punishment they take and for that reason they can be expensiveīut there is no need to buy one of those for the average motorist. You will need to methodically work through a few things till you locate the problem and some you can do without any specialist equipment but you might want to consider buying a “Digital Multimeter” which range in price but a basic one for you to use at home can be bought here for around £15 – £20. Socket to see if that works in the socket first just to be sure. Powered just make sure that that it’s not the electrical item that is faultyīefore you mess around with the car fuses. If whatever you are trying to use in the socket isn’t being The current and stop your charger from making proper contact and will often Any object that isn’t a goodĬonductor made of rubber or wood for example will reduce if not totally block Piece or some other small object into the socket. Untidy interior, and something may well have fallen into the socket. Sometimes it isn’t that the fuse is really toīlame it might be something blocking the socket. There are a few reasons why it might stop working and theįuse blowing is the most likely. When your cigarette lighter stops working. Non-stop these days to charge phones, run Sat Nav’s etc etc.Īs a 12v DC power source you can plug almost any suitableĪccessory into the cigarette lighter in your vehicle, and it should work Is simply because the cigarette lighter being a 12v socket is used almost Well that’s easy, it’s because it gets the most use theseĭays even though less and less people smoke. Of all the fuses that can blow in a car, van, motorhome etc the cigarette lighter fuse is the one most likely to do so, but why?
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That’s a phrase that’s said dozens of times a day in the UK I’m sure. “Argh my cigarette lighter doesn’t work”.