crackers8199
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here's another interesting one (i'm full of these with my old '88)...
about a year or so ago, i got xm for the jeep as my secondary radio (primary is in my jetta, which is my summer vehicle). when it first came in, i took it out of the box, and plugged the cigarette lighter adapter into the socket...no power. i look at the inside and think wow, this thing is rusted and corroded to hell...i should replace it!
so, i had my girlfriend run to autozone and pick me up a new cigarette lighter to pop in when i got home from work. she said the guy at the store told her he had problems plugging accessories into the cigarette lighter, and told her that if i still had issues i should consider getting a 12v power outlet instead.
well, after replacing the lighter socket it now works, but is a bit wacky at times...sometimes, i'll push the lighter in and my radio will shut off, as if i blew the fuse, then come right back on again. the weird thing is that through all of this, the lighter itself still works...and i never did seem to have this issue when plugging electrical accessories into the socket.
i was under the assumption that a 12v outlet is just the cigarette lighter, without the lighter element...is there something functionally different between the two? should i make the switch?
about a year or so ago, i got xm for the jeep as my secondary radio (primary is in my jetta, which is my summer vehicle). when it first came in, i took it out of the box, and plugged the cigarette lighter adapter into the socket...no power. i look at the inside and think wow, this thing is rusted and corroded to hell...i should replace it!
so, i had my girlfriend run to autozone and pick me up a new cigarette lighter to pop in when i got home from work. she said the guy at the store told her he had problems plugging accessories into the cigarette lighter, and told her that if i still had issues i should consider getting a 12v power outlet instead.
well, after replacing the lighter socket it now works, but is a bit wacky at times...sometimes, i'll push the lighter in and my radio will shut off, as if i blew the fuse, then come right back on again. the weird thing is that through all of this, the lighter itself still works...and i never did seem to have this issue when plugging electrical accessories into the socket.
i was under the assumption that a 12v outlet is just the cigarette lighter, without the lighter element...is there something functionally different between the two? should i make the switch?