My 12v Socket is out help!

**karp** · 06-04-2008 09:31 PM

First off I would like to say i have searched and I could not find anything except hardwiring.
Second if i Posted this In the Wrong place I'm sorry. Idk where it goes.

Okay. So I got my TMA subs installed... before installation My 12V socket was working fine... When i got my car back, No power was coming from it. Is it possible that something was pulled?
If so can some one tell me what wires go where so I can see if anything is out of place... A detailed answer would be greatly appreciated.. (if there is a tutorial on how to install/replace that would work i guess too, right?
Thanks
-Karp

**karp** · 06-05-2008 12:25 PM

bump
please help

**pondside36** · 06-05-2008 12:30 PM

Did you check the fuses? Did they wire your amp into the 12v socket, I know that would be dumb but hey just some options?

**karp** · 06-05-2008 12:57 PM

well after installation there was a random fuse just sitting in my car... still there. Its not like the others tho, its clear with cilver ends its like this O===O only three dimensional

**karp** · 06-05-2008 01:28 PM

PROBLEM FIXED! fuse was dead... But i do have a question... why is there a fuse for socket and for Cigarette Lighter?

**pondside36** · 06-05-2008 01:48 PM

The cigarette lighter in the center console..

**karp** · 06-05-2008 04:57 PM

Isnt the cigarette lighter plugged into the 12v socket?

**DELUX** · 06-05-2008 05:01 PM

Originally Posted by karp

Isnt the cigarette lighter plugged into the 12v socket?

No. Anything plugged into the cig. lighter outlet will stay on with the car off. The 12v circuit turns on and off with the car.

For example,

When I first got my radar detector, I was using it in my cigarette lighter and it would stay on regardless of if the car was on or off. Once I bought the hard-wiring kit, it was wired into the 12v circuit on the car and it turns on when I turn the ignition on and vice versa.

Hope that answers your questions.