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PM-Performance · 12-02-2009, 10:05 AM

Please be easy on me folks. First time I have had a car of this age in a long time that I actually attempted to plug anything into. So if this sounds stupid, bear with me.

I have a 93 fast back. Since I got it I tryed to plug in my cell phone charger and it got extrmely hott and smoked a little and prob fried it.
I found this weird, but ok, maybe the charger was goofy.
So then at a later date, I tried to plug my nav into it for power on a trip and popped the fuse.

Now my question is, do the lighter adapters not work off a normal 12V in these things? Or reverse polarity or something?
Unless its a thing with being an old car and not designed for actual power? I dunno, but the lighter still works fine.

Any ideas?

***S14DB*** · 12-02-2009, 10:15 AM

Does it have an aftermarket radio in it? I bet someone wired the lighter backwards at some point.

PM-Performance · 12-02-2009, 10:18 AM

Yea it does actually. i would hope it would be hard to screw that up to be honest with an aftermarket harness, but actually that sounds pretty logical. lol

i guess the lighter itself doesnt matter on polarity since its just a coil per say that gets charged and hot

***S14DB*** · 12-02-2009, 10:37 AM

Well, not the wiring of the radio. The monkey that removed the center console probably damaged the harness or connector for the lighter. Then crossed the wires when repairing.

PM-Performance · 12-02-2009, 10:46 AM

i just popped the center panel out quick at lunch and saw that wire was "repaired" in a few places. lol
I guess thats prob where I can start. Find the source and pull out the lighter and maybe run a whole new wire.

12-02-2009, 10:05 AM	#1
PM-Performance Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Reading, PA Posts: 14 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Problems with plugging accessories into lighter adapter Please be easy on me folks. First time I have had a car of this age in a long time that I actually attempted to plug anything into. So if this sounds stupid, bear with me. I have a 93 fast back. Since I got it I tryed to plug in my cell phone charger and it got extrmely hott and smoked a little and prob fried it. I found this weird, but ok, maybe the charger was goofy. So then at a later date, I tried to plug my nav into it for power on a trip and popped the fuse. Now my question is, do the lighter adapters not work off a normal 12V in these things? Or reverse polarity or something? Unless its a thing with being an old car and not designed for actual power? I dunno, but the lighter still works fine. Any ideas?

12-02-2009, 10:15 AM	#2
*S14DB* AFC #1 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: 昨晩あなたのお母さんの家 Posts: 20,181 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	Does it have an aftermarket radio in it? I bet someone wired the lighter backwards at some point. __________________ Comments should be taken as Opinions not as Statements of Fact

12-02-2009, 10:37 AM	#4
*S14DB* AFC #1 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: 昨晩あなたのお母さんの家 Posts: 20,181 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	Well, not the wiring of the radio. The monkey that removed the center console probably damaged the harness or connector for the lighter. Then crossed the wires when repairing. __________________ Comments should be taken as Opinions not as Statements of Fact

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12-02-2009, 10:18 AM	#3
PM-Performance Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Reading, PA Posts: 14 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Yea it does actually. i would hope it would be hard to screw that up to be honest with an aftermarket harness, but actually that sounds pretty logical. lol i guess the lighter itself doesnt matter on polarity since its just a coil per say that gets charged and hot

12-02-2009, 10:46 AM	#5
PM-Performance Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Reading, PA Posts: 14 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i just popped the center panel out quick at lunch and saw that wire was "repaired" in a few places. lol I guess thats prob where I can start. Find the source and pull out the lighter and maybe run a whole new wire.