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Subject:Re: Lighter fuse is blowing
From:David Beierl <dbeierl@GMAIL.COM>
Date:Mon, 1 Nov 2021 12:49:43 -0400

That fuse should be 15 amp.

Yrs,
d

On Mon, Nov 1, 2021 at 12:35 PM Stephen Edwards <chibicyclist@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have an 1988 Vanagon GL. I use the cigarette lighter socket for charging
> my phone, and have also used it to power an Engels fridge which it does
> well. Recently I had to replace the fuse, which was a 25 amp. A few days
> later it blew again and this time I heard it snap, exactly at the moment
> when I plugged in the USB adapter. I’m guessing the wires are shorting
> behind the lighter socket but I don’t know what’s the best place to start
> on this. I am _not_ good at electrical stuff!
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Steve Edwards, ’88 Titian Red Vanaru in Chicago.

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