I need a cigarette lighter to charge cell phone etc so i got a lighter and every time i hook it up it blows the fuse. The factory plug has 4 wires wht, blk, two reds? which ones do i use? i ve been in the junkyard all day and couldnt find any consoles with cigarette lighters so has anyone just wired it themselves to a autozone lighter? Are all cigarette lighters the same? could i have got the wrong one?


Modified by HT Chaplain at 2:40 PM 11/8/2006

 

dude I might have a factory one sitting around in my pile of stuff.

 

let me know Ive been trying to find a factory one that will pug in for months

 

Have a extra one lying around. You can have it, just pay shipping, around 4.00-5.00 USPS. Email me oldcar@***.net if your interested. There should be a white plug that plugs into the back of the lighter and a ground wire that slides onto a metal post, sort of.
THanks, Mario

 

how hard is it to wire a hot and a negative, the other two are for the back light

 

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thats what i thought but i keep blowing the lighter fuse? Middle prong is + and the side prong is - correct?

 

on the plug the wires have 2 reds one black and a white
I figured blk was neg and wht is pos?

 

So the universal one isn't working out?

I've thought about installing one in my car since it didn't come with one either.

 

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I've thought about installing one in my car since it didn't come with one either.

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not yet maybe i got the wrong one but i figured they would all be the same? or i got the wires wrong?

 

swap the wires and see what happens, can't do anything but blow another fuse