I wanted to add a cigar lighter type of charge port on the FJ so that Casey can charge her phone or whatever when she is with us. Keep in mind that auto electronics are not my strong point.
Easy enough right? Buy a lighter receptacle, run a couple of wires. One to any ground and the other to a hot.
Found an unused hot wire in the fuse box. Plugged into that,ran my wires. Plugged the ground onto the receptacle and it went up in smoke!
Cheap junk was shorted internally! Blew the 50a fuse that powers the fuse box. Had to go to 3 places to find a 50a fuse and buy another receptacle. This time i also added a 10a fuse right at the fuse box
Easy enough right? Buy a lighter receptacle, run a couple of wires. One to any ground and the other to a hot.
Found an unused hot wire in the fuse box. Plugged into that,ran my wires. Plugged the ground onto the receptacle and it went up in smoke!
Cheap junk was shorted internally! Blew the 50a fuse that powers the fuse box. Had to go to 3 places to find a 50a fuse and buy another receptacle. This time i also added a 10a fuse right at the fuse box