dropped a dime in the cig lighter
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i drive them all, fast and hard
dropped a dime in the cig lighter
so yeah accidently dropped a coin in there, and now it doesnt work, anyone know if its just a simple fuse swap or what? thanks
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I would guess that you blew the fuse. The cig lighter works by shorting positive to negative through a coil. When you dropped your dime it provided a direct short and blew the fuse.
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i drive them all, fast and hard
gotta go find the manual and see where they hide the fuses for this thing...
it hasnt seemed to affect anything else, so maybe this fuse is isolated to the cig lighter
it hasnt seemed to affect anything else, so maybe this fuse is isolated to the cig lighter
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Wanted to hardwire mine, ended up running a long phone cord from trunk's lighter outlet all the way to the driver visor!
Has anyone used V1's new Savvy? Seems to eliminate the lighter requirement as it plugs directly into the car's ODB.
Has anyone used V1's new Savvy? Seems to eliminate the lighter requirement as it plugs directly into the car's ODB.
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I have done it more than once. The dealer will replace the fuse for free.
After that remember where the fuse is. The spares fuses are with the spare tire kit.
After that remember where the fuse is. The spares fuses are with the spare tire kit.
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There are other threads on this, I understand unless you do a custom installation buying a bypass module from Midcity combined with certain model of Passport detectors, we are out of luck?
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Gotcha, i dont know much about radar detectors, whats the K band?
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I have the Escort 9500 ix and it does not interfere with my Distronic Plus.
Very seldom I get K-band alarm like when I have parked my car facing a wall and at start-up it sometimes gives a couple of beeps but other than taht no problem at all, which then leads to my question if the detector is working ok?
I do get K-band alarms on road and then there is a cop or in most cases a digital speed display at the side of the road.
Ka-Band, which is most common in cop cars alarms way out if they have it on. This one works very well.
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With the 9500 CI Escort, you need to has a additional black box installed for the laser jammer to work with distronic . Check with mfgs.
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