<VV> RE: Cigarette lighter

[Bob Lindsey]

I had the Lighter wire fall of my 65 Vert daily driver I had in the 
seventies.  Never Blew the fuse, but fused the dash harness, limped home & 
rewired.

Bob Lindsey

Barry responded:

Barry Gershenfeld

Subject: Re: <VV> RE: Cigarette lighter


>I have shorted that wire, and what it did was that it blew the fuse.   Same 
>thing happens when the heater fan resistor falls out.  A feature of the 
>stock version, anyway.  Your smoke may vary....Barry
>
>>When I got back in the car, and shut the door, the wire must have come off 
>>the back of the lighter, and grounded out on the dash, burning all the 
>>insulation off just about every wire on the car, including the battery 
>>cables.  It was fun stuff, let me tell you.
>>
>>>I was at a car show yesterday when out of the blue my lighter began to 
>>>smoke.  We tried to pull it out by the knob but the shaft was melted and 
>>>the knob pulled right off.  We disconnected the wire under the dash and 
>>>the smoking stoped.
>
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