dabigesii

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Cigarette lighter isn't working, it randomly stopped when I had an air compressor connected to it. I checked and replaced the 15amp fuse for it but nothing was wrong with it in the first place. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

NVMYRX-7

iTrader: (24)

I know these sounds crazy but check continuity with a multimeter across the fuse. They sometimes break but look good.

oyvindjs

iTrader: (4)

or just use the multimeter to check the 12V in the cig-lighter hole itself. If you have 12V over the bridge there, the cig-lighter is faulty. if you dont have 12V there, its before the cig-lighter hole and could be fuse, wiring, etc...

when faced with problems, allways try to divide problems in two as fast as possible. If its alot to check/fault search, draw a problem tree and see what "branches" you can ignore to get to the main problem as fast as possible.
in this case, hardware(cig-lighter) or powersupply(wire, fuse etc)

dabigesii

iTrader: (4)

Thanks for the suggestions, I'll try this when I get home

RotaryEvolution

iTrader: (30)

as suggested check continuity and voltage first.

issue i have seen is the wire at the back of the receptacle burns out like a fusible link before the fuse pops sometimes. the wire is only a few mm long and jumps from the spade connector to the back of the receptacle connection.

burtoncr

More than likely it is what Karack said. They still use fuseable links (ie a thin wire) that melts to protect the outlet. Very annoying.