i stupidly managed to fumble the nail i keep in the ashtray into the open cigar lighter hole. Much sparks and smelly fumes later there appears to be no power to it. I checked the 20A fuse labelled CIG LIGHTER in the drivers footwell and that is fine so has it blown a seperate fuse or done some other damage?? How can i fix it? i find it quite useful for juicing up the mobile now and again.

Go get a new lighter unit, its prolly blown it you can pick em up cheap enough I would have thought.

i stupidly managed to fumble the nail i keep in the ashtray.

 

Why??? :confused::confused::confused:

Test for a live feed on connection to the cig lighter

umm...it is a little panel pin I use with the petrol pump to lock the flow so i dont have to cramp up my lil' handy-wandy after 3 minutes. I am such a pansy.

 

surely that 20A fuse should of taken the hit when it was shorting out. I am a bit gutted if i am going to have to find and replace that unit.

umm...it is a little panel pin I use with the petrol pump to lock the flow so i dont have to cramp up my lil' handy-wandy after 3 minutes. I am such a pansy.

 

surely that 20A fuse should of taken the hit when it was shorting out. I am a bit gutted if i am going to have to find and replace that unit.

 

If it is the unit at fault just buy one from a local motor discount store for a few quid,i changed my original one as it was in a well used state and didnt always work the satnav