Cigarette lighter woes 1983 k25

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I was double checking had power at the lighter socket, grounded it out by accident blew the fuse.
Only had a 25 amp fuse left(I did that a couple times the other night) thru it in and everything works . Lighter heats up, lights stay off, lights turn on when I turn the switch.
Yeah I don't know maybe the previous fuse was damaged or something or not put in properly.
 

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I was double checking had power at the lighter socket, grounded it out by accident blew the fuse.
Only had a 25 amp fuse left(I did that a couple times the other night) thru it in and everything works . Lighter heats up, lights stay off, lights turn on when I turn the switch.
Yeah I don't know maybe the previous fuse was damaged or something or not put in properly.
some cheap ATC fuses can be hard to spot , they can fail in an apparent fine appearance but have no actual connection to the rest of itself or may have a misleading capacity

or even, the contacts maybe just too corroded and you swapping around allowed some proper flow idk
 

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That's what I'm thinking too. They were some off brand company so who knows. But it's working so I'll take it .
Appreciate all the help and wiring diagrams!
 

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I ran a seperate 12g wire to the fuse block B+ with an inline fuse.
No more than 10 amp!!!, the lighter plug will melt down and short out..
i sometime run a 400w inverter? or a handheld spotlight.
Melt down a wire in the Harness will be a VERY bad day...
 

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