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Subject Topic: Onboard 12 volt socket Post Reply Post New Topic
PersonIstiawan
26/4/2011 at 11:41pm
 Location: Hertfordshire
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Hi all - ok - here goes my first ever post!!!!

I am now the proud owner of my first ever van (Adria Olympis - very old but lovely!) after being a tenter for years!

I have a few questions, but at the moment the main one is I noticed a black box on the wall of our van, and it looks like a cigarette lights - so therefore a 12 volt socket I guess - I thought I'd try it and plugged in my in car dvd player, nothing happened so I took out the plug and noticed it was smoking a little!!(Needless to say the dvd car player didnt work when plugged back into the car) - Now I wonder what to do - call it a day and leave it or investigate further and get it working???????

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Jen x


PersonShane Barratt
27/4/2011 at 8:38am
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Sounds like the wiring has fused.. Eg a short somewhere.. I would replace the fitting with a modern 12v socket and replace the wire...Tag the new wire to the end of the old and pull through and connect to elecs where the old wires went too..

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Swings and round abouts


PersonIstiawan
27/4/2011 at 10:03pm
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thanks xxxx


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Jen x


Personjohno645
11/5/2011 at 1:25pm
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make sure it is wired up correctly ie the posative and neg are on the correct way round


PersonAlanHardware
11/5/2011 at 6:25pm
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It may be that the DVD player was the culprit , it may have been a positive earth unit as some cars were/are . Replace the fuse to the socket and try something in it that is definitely negative earth . Better still , if you know someone with a polarity tester , get them to check it for you , far less likely to cause a short that way .

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AussieAl.



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