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adamchippy

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Posted: October 08, 2005 at 8:50 AM / IP Logged

i have just bought some wheel arch leds. ive fitted them properly. they come with a cigarette plug adapter so ive plugged it in but nothing happens. any one know whats wrong ?

Elboogie

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Posted: October 08, 2005 at 10:33 PM / IP Logged

make sure that your vehicle isn't one that the lighter only turns-on with the key on. check to make sure that the lighter is actually working with a source that works in any another vehicle, i.e. a cellphone adapter. also, make sure that when they were being installed that a wire wasn't pinched or a circuit board or something wasn't cracked/broken.

adamchippy

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Posted: October 09, 2005 at 4:05 AM / IP Logged

iv checked all that and its all fine. but when i was installing them, i wired one up first to see what it looked like and it came on for a second then went off. so i moved the plug around and it came on again for a second then went off. but when i plug phone chargers in they work fine. iv checked the fuses for the 12 volt plug and there fine. so what else could it be?

accord78

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Posted: October 09, 2005 at 1:56 PM / IP Logged

it could be the plug it came with that u plug into the lighter. maybe a defect of the contacts on the plug are not making good contacts in the socket

robrb20det

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Posted: October 14, 2005 at 11:06 AM / IP Logged

i would cut of the plug and hard wire

adamchippy

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Posted: October 16, 2005 at 1:16 PM / IP Logged

i hard wired them to where my other LED's are (which are working) to the ignition. and after a while the wires started smoking which i presume means there is to much current going through them. but they did work fine which is gud. so do i need sumit to step down the voltage?

orangesuburban

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Posted: October 16, 2005 at 1:25 PM / IP Logged

are you using a fuse?

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adamchippy

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Posted: October 16, 2005 at 4:57 PM / IP Logged

no im not, i wasnt sure where to wire one in and what type of fuse to use. do you know?

adamchippy

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Posted: October 19, 2005 at 4:55 AM / IP Logged

also does anyone know where to wire the fuse in to the circuit and what type of fuse etc?

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Posted: October 19, 2005 at 3:39 PM / IP Logged

You need a resistor too, I forget what size. Then get an ADD A CIRCUIT from MCM Electronics or local, and wire it up to an acsry fuse.

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