laocivic

cigarette lighter keeps blowing. put a new fuse in and it still keeps blowing. any ideas? relay mayb?

soon2bdropped

are the two tabs touching each other?

laocivic

which tabs are you referring to?

shogee

recently hooked up a radio? took dash apart or anything? its a grounded circuit, that means power is running straight to ground when u put the fuse in and blows it.

The_Honda_Guy

If you keep blowing the cigar lighter fuse the problem is whatever you're plugging into the cigar lighter. Try plugging in a known good car charger and see if it blows. If not, then you know whatever it was that you plugged in the first time was the culprit.

devney

It's probably a shortage somewhere. Check your wiring.

laocivic

yea nothin is plugged in now. but ill check for foreign objects inside. but i dont have anything plugged when i turn the car on and it still blows. i do have my system connected to the cigarette lighter but i unhooked it. ill check wiring again today

hatchet_honda

wait soo nothings plugged into the socket...but your system is wired to it? like you wired an amp to the cig lighter?

backyard_concepts

x2????

laocivic

yes. the remote wire is wired into same wire as the cigarette lighter

hatchet_honda

well that dont seem right. the remote wire to the amp should be wired to an accesory wire on the radio harness that is juiced when the ignition key is turned on. the cig lighter has constant battery voltage. thatd mean your amp would be on all the time. hmm check out the amp maybe??

fastrxu

The lighter doesnt have constant battery voltage. Or else you could use the lighter without yhe keys.
The remote and memory of the stereo are both to the same wiring of the lighter

Correct me if im wrong

hatchet_honda

im pretty sure the 12v socket works without turning the ignition on. at least in my 90 si hatch it does. either way the remote should be wired to an accesory wire. when i installed my flipscreen the radio harness was seperate from the cig lighter. although they are wired together at some point cause they use the same circuit.

laocivic

my cigarette lighter only works when the car is on. still having the same problem so last thing i have to do is to check the wiring at the actual point where i wired in.