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How-To

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How to Fix Cigarette Lighter or Car 12 Volt Accessory Power Outlet

Introduction

I wasn’t getting any power to my 12v accessory cigarette lighter. It turned out to be a simple fuse.

Estimated Time: 5 min

Parts Required

• ATM 20A Fuse (mini fuse)

Not getting power to cigarette lighter

Pop the hood and locate the fuse box

Remove fuse box cover

Locate specific fuse

via fuse-box.info

Fuse position 34 yellow is what we need to check.

Grab the built in fuse puller

Remove the fuse

Inspect the fuse

As you can see, this fuse is clearly blown (The circuit doesn’t exist)

Comparison between new non-blown (left) and blown (right) fuse.

Install a new 20A mini fuse

Thankfully bussmann easyID makes it easy to detect blown fuses because they light up when blown.

Follow these instructions backwards and install a new fuse. Hopefully this fixed your problem as well.

We now have power!