Cigarette lighter sticks inside socket, kills battery, shouln't there be a blown fuse instead.

Question

Cigarette lighter sticks inside socket, kills battery, shouln't there be a blown fuse instead.

Answer 1

Your right, there should be a blown fuse. Check to see if someone has put too big of a fuse in that receptacle. Better yet, replace the bad cigarette lighter or get rid of it all together.

Answer 2

maybe someone has put a heaver fuse in the fuse block. buy a new lighter. if that don't work try a new lighter socket

Answer 3

No, the Cigarette lighter sticking, in and of itself, won't blow the fuse any more than it would if it was working normally. It's just a flaw in the release mechanism that makes it stay in. It's not taking any more Amps than normal, just doing it for a long time. Could conceivably cause a fire though, especially if you have a real good battery! A new element (the part that's supposed to pop out) should fix the problem.

Answer 4

If the lighter circuit shorts to ground, it will blow the fuse.  If the lighter sticks in the socket, I would think that it would overheat and burn out the heating element, or as a worst case scenario, cause a fire.  I've never heard of one killing the battery.