Cigarette lighter will not work

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Mar 2, 2008 | 09:35 PM

Big John Hance

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Cigarette lighter will not work

I just bought a Sirius Radio today. It has to be plugged into the cig lighter for power, but the stock light in my truck broke a few years ago so it was taken out. I bought an aftermarket lighter to put in today. Every time I plug it up and try to plug something in to it, it blows the fuse. I guess it's just bad wiring, I don't know. Is there any way I can add new wiring and a new fuse to make this work? I'll do anything that needs to be done I just want to get this radio working.

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Mar 3, 2008 | 11:12 AM

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Mar 3, 2008 | 02:10 PM

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I had the wires that plug into the lighter reversed >_<

Mar 4, 2008 | 05:03 PM

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From: south east oklahoma

big John Hance my name is Gene Hance and am new to this site my dill is QH rancher
been asking questions about my 04 v10. Not being nosy I live north of mcalester oklahoma were are you from.

Mar 4, 2008 | 07:33 PM

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I live in east Tennessee. Nice to meet you, Gene.

Mar 5, 2008 | 07:22 PM

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I had the wires that plug into the lighter reversed >_<

So was this actually root cause for the blowing fuses?

Mar 5, 2008 | 10:47 PM

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I don't think that was the original cause, since the stock lighter started blowing them a few years ago. I ran a new ground, so I suspect the old ground screwed up somehow.