Cigarette lighter-less?

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cyberwraith

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• Jan 29, 2005

• #1

Hi everyone,
the cigarette lighter in my '95 Disco has stopped working. Unfortunately
I use it to power the compressor to inflate my tyres, charge the mobile
phone etc. I have checked the fuse which is alright. Then I checked the
wiring from the fuse box to the lighter which is intact but no power.
Everything else is alright but it seems that there is no power to the fuse
box itself for this particular connection? Any hints or info which could
assist me will as always be gratefully received.
Have fun and long may we 4x4 on the roads of Britain.

 

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Lee_D

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• Jan 29, 2005

• #2

"cyberwraith" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hi everyone,
> the cigarette lighter in my '95 Disco has stopped working.
> Unfortunately I use it to power the compressor to inflate my tyres, charge
> the mobile phone etc. I have checked the fuse which is alright. Then I
> checked the wiring from the fuse box to the lighter which is intact but no
> power. Everything else is alright but it seems that there is no power to
> the fuse box itself for this particular connection? Any hints or info
> which could assist me will as always be gratefully received.
> Have fun and long may we 4x4 on the roads of Britain.

Is it the mechanisim it's self? Or perhaphs the wire could have worked
loose.

Any one know if the Loom in a Disco ES has sockets as standard for a
cigarette lighter to go in the bottom of the centre console for the kids in
the back.... I know at their age they shouldn't smoke but it takes their
mind off the rattles ;-)

I'm looking to fit an extra socket in this location and this thread has got
me wondering...would be nice not to have to wire it all up and just throw in
a extra spec one off the halfrauds shelf.

Lee D

 

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Dave Liquorice

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• Jan 29, 2005

• #3

On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 14:37:24 GMT, cyberwraith wrote:

> the cigarette lighter in my '95 Disco has stopped working.

The ciggy lighter socket(*) is normally shared with other things, the
radio is common. Does everything else still work?

Have you checked that volts actually appear out of the wiring at the
rear of the socket. TBH the ciggy socket is one of the most unreliable
connectors I have ever come across, it's fine for it's intended
purpose but for anything else they are total crap.

(*) The accessory socket at the back (DII) is a seperatly fused (25A)
and non shared circuit, though does require the ignition switch to be
in the Aux position to be live.

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cyberwraith

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• Jan 29, 2005

• #4

"Dave Liquorice" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 14:37:24 GMT, cyberwraith wrote:
>
>> the cigarette lighter in my '95 Disco has stopped working.
>
> The ciggy lighter socket(*) is normally shared with other things, the
> radio is common. Does everything else still work?
>
> Have you checked that volts actually appear out of the wiring at the
> rear of the socket. TBH the ciggy socket is one of the most unreliable
> connectors I have ever come across, it's fine for it's intended
> purpose but for anything else they are total crap.
>
> (*) The accessory socket at the back (DII) is a seperatly fused (25A)
> and non shared circuit, though does require the ignition switch to be
> in the Aux position to be live.
>
> --
> Cheers [email protected]
> Dave. pam is missing e-mail
>
>
thanks for the help so far folks. OK the cig lighter connection is OK, all
wires connected no probs. We used a volt meter to test the circuit and it
shows that no power is arriving into the fuse box connection for the cig
lighter. There is only the cig lighter on the fuse according to the diagram
but everything else is working fine without any probs. I have a nasty
feeling that this is gonna get complicated and expensive??

Thanks
cyberwraith

 

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Dave Liquorice

Guest

• Jan 30, 2005

• #5

On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 23:29:00 GMT, cyberwraith wrote:

> We used a volt meter to test the circuit and it shows that no power
> is arriving into the fuse box connection for the cig lighter. There
> is only the cig lighter on the fuse according to the diagram but
> everything else is working fine without any probs.

Keep going backwards as you have the diagrams... next port of call
engine compartment fuse box I should think. Though if everything else
is working it does sound like a problem in the passenger compartment
box.

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Dave. pam is missing e-mail

 

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Ralph A. Schmid, DK5RAS

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• Jan 30, 2005

• #6

"cyberwraith" <[email protected]> wrote:

>lighter. There is only the cig lighter on the fuse according to the diagram
>but everything else is working fine without any probs. I have a nasty
>feeling that this is gonna get complicated and expensive??

No, not at all. If all fails, and if it is really impossible to fix
the broken connection inside the fuse box, then just run a wire from a
point with high power output (even directly from the battery) to the
socket, just do not forget to place a proper fuse right after the
place you connect your wire



regards - Ralph

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cyberwraith

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• Jan 30, 2005

• #7

Thanks for the help Ralph, I will be going into the wiring again on Tuesday
so I will let you know what happens.
Take care folks and thanks again, keep the thoughts coming though someone
else must have had this trouble too?


"Ralph A. Schmid, DK5RAS" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "cyberwraith" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>lighter. There is only the cig lighter on the fuse according to the
>>diagram
>>but everything else is working fine without any probs. I have a nasty
>>feeling that this is gonna get complicated and expensive??
>
> No, not at all. If all fails, and if it is really impossible to fix
> the broken connection inside the fuse box, then just run a wire from a
> point with high power output (even directly from the battery) to the
> socket, just do not forget to place a proper fuse right after the
> place you connect your wire
>
>
>
> regards - Ralph
>
> --
>
> Want to get in touch? http://www.radio-link.net/whereisralph.txt