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Old May 13, 2008 | 11:31 AM
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Car: 92' Z28
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fuses

My cigarette lighter and dome light don't work and I found blown fuse but every time I put in a new fuse it blows right away I cant find any wires messed up close to that area. Any Suggestions??????????
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Old May 13, 2008 | 11:44 AM
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Car: 1990 Camaro RS
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Re: fuses

Mine was doing the same thing. Take the lighter part out of the cigarette lighter, and set it aside. Put in a new fuse. If it doesn't pop it, you need to replace the whole lighter assembly. (you could probably fiddle with it, clean it and such, but I recommend replacing it) They cost about $6.00 at napa, or somewhere similar.
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Old May 15, 2008 | 09:51 AM
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Re: fuses

Thanks for the advice. Worked like a charm.
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Old May 16, 2008 | 01:08 AM
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Re: fuses

dont know if youre asmoker or not but one sure fire way to eliminate the prob is to replace that 20 amp fuse with a circuit breaker fuse. solved mine no problem ever again. fuse cools in seconds and resets.
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Old May 16, 2008 | 01:30 AM
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Re: fuses

Guess it's common... If I plug something in mine it bends something inside of it and causes it to short and blow a fuse. But I dont want the cigarette lighter part I want to find something else to plug in it I just haven't found that something yet.
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Old Nov 25, 2008 | 02:47 AM
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Re: fuses

You said you kept repacing the fuse. I'm having a hard time figuring out which one is for th cig lighter. I'm assuming it's ACC for accessories. Mine says it's a 20a fuse, I looked and it's a 10a in the 20a spot. Dome light comes on, but no cig lighter. Is this the right one though? Is it the ACC one? I'll change it out tomorrow, thanks.
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