I always wondered why the Cigarette lighter doesn't work, and when I finally pulled the fuse I found out why. Fortunately, Winn-Dixie just happens to have the mini-fuses that this car calls for. Now I can charge my cell phone AND use my laptop GPS!
Now for the slightly humorous, burning but pointless question:
What do you plug into a cigarette lighter that blows a 20 AMP fuse?! Other than shorting it out with a big paperclip!
The Cigarette Lighter is on its OWN circuit! It's not like there's anything else drawing power through it!
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We all drive in a yellow Cavalier...
The wiring for it might have an intermittent short, or perhaps was exposed to moisture somehow.
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Devices like inverters, thermoelectric coolers and heaters/defrosters can pull that much current without too much trouble. Are you sure it's supposed to be a 20A fuse though?
2002 Cavalier 2200 5spd
^^^^ yup
also your horn is conencted to that cicuit
My car may run 18s, but I can do your taxes in 10 seconds flat.
JBO lube - they would never have enough in stock and we'd never see RodimusPrime again
Wait a tic, if the horn runs through that circuit, why has the horn worked the whole time? Why has all my gauges worked as well? HALF THE FUSE WIRE WAS TOASTED AND GONE when I pulled it out! There is no way any power at all could go through that fuse!
I got the ECOTEC Cavalier. Maybe you are thinking of oder ones?
Also, it says on the "guide" label on the door for the fuse panel that the "CIG" circuit, which runs the cigarette lighter, should have a 20A fuse.
20 AMPS at 12 Volts is 240 WATTS!! Most cars have accessory outlets designed for 120W at best! Not even a laptop can pierce 90 watts!
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We all drive in a yellow Cavalier...
OBD II connector, horn, and cigarette lighter all run on the same fuse. Look in you owners manual if you don't believe us!
97 Cavalier Z24 @ 85k
00 Cavalier Base Coupe @ 152k...rollin on 14's!
97 Grand Cherokee 5.2L@ 260k
Aaron Fitzsimmons wrote:OBD II connector, horn, and cigarette lighter all run on the same fuse. Look in you owners manual if you don't believe us!
My car may run 18s, but I can do your taxes in 10 seconds flat.
JBO lube - they would never have enough in stock and we'd never see RodimusPrime again
thats not true, the horn is not on the same circuit.
01' Z24 5 speed
422whp/400wtq
T4 Turbocharged
Built LD9
HP Tuners
Check the little tabs... I had one of the tabs bent in to far, so when I pushed in the cig lighter (or put a phone charger or whatever), it would simultaneously touch the positive and negative leads, causing the fuse to blow.
Bent the tab back a bit, no more problem
