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Everytime I press the cigarette lighter in it blows the fuse , does anyone know why this would be so ?

I've checked the wireing as far as I can and it appears good and unmolested.the fuse is 15amp and correct according to the diagram on the fuse box lid.

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Also check wiring for other stuff. The lighter wire is a good one that everyone picks on for anything that needs accessory power turbo timers, gauges, boost controllers etc

Thanks for that, I've taken out the gearstick surround panel and the stereo/ a/c unit and as far as I can see nothing has been run of the lighter wire or the cable it goes into, the only non stock thing in the car is the alarm and I have no idea how this was set up.

Can the alarm cable be picked up at the fuse box or elsewhere, I'm a dummy when it comes to wireing, if it isn't obvious I realy don't know where to start.

2LV8ETRPosted Yesterday, 05:05 PM Try a different lighter in the socket and see what happens.

The lighter itself may be cactus and is creating a dead short instead of heating the element.

Thanks mate I'll give that a go, I've got an led one that came with a Fast Fours about 10 zillion years ago still in it's packing and kept under the --it'll come in usefull sometime ??

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Can the alarm cable be picked up at the fuse box or elsewhere, I'm a dummy when it comes to wireing, if it isn't obvious I realy don't know where to start.

Take everything needed for the alarm from the ignition wiring harness under the steering column.

Everything you'll need is there and it's only a short distance to the central locking unit behind the drivers kick panel if you are installing CL.

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Thanks guys ,

sorted , I renewed the fuse-again- and tried a plug in 12v vac I had lying around and it worked fine so socket wasn'tfaulty, so on to the Hot 4's freeby, which actualy didn't fit the socket, so I stripped the guts out of it and put them in the old one and it worked fine, I couldn't resist the flashing LEDS and chrome golf ball looking push thingo so I put that on for good measure , now the car feels much faster, he he.

Then I realised I'd given up smoking 3 years ago.

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