Cigarette lighter ground issue!!!! help
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Pro
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Cigarette lighter ground issue!!!! help
i finally put the cigarette lighter in the stock position and i have a ground problem. the car is a race car and most of the interior is modified. i found out today that the cigarette lighter is being grounded through my shifter somehow. when i move the shifter over what ever i plug into the cigarette lighter looses power.
so how is the cigarette lighter supposed to be grounded? and any advice for me will be appreciated. i posted i picture to show u what im lookin at.
Thanks
Anthony
when i move the shifter to the right it looses power but when i let go its fine.
so how is the cigarette lighter supposed to be grounded? and any advice for me will be appreciated. i posted i picture to show u what im lookin at.
Thanks
Anthony
when i move the shifter to the right it looses power but when i let go its fine.
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The original ground feeds the cluster etc from the drivers side birdcage.
Nothing stopping you from running a new wire to the birdcage, finding a loose black ground wire, or tapping into a black ground closer.
Nothing stopping you from running a new wire to the birdcage, finding a loose black ground wire, or tapping into a black ground closer.
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Well, you have to find a 'black wire' that is large enough to handle the current drawn by a cigarette lighter. I would suggest that you run a #12 awg black wire from the sheetmetal (which connects with the lighter housing) to the birdcage or chassis framework.
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The stock lighter grounds on the console trim plate off the tranny tunnel wiring. As you have determined, your shifter is providing the ground when it bumps/touches the trim plate or from your toggle switches.
Last edited by Easy Mike; May 28, 2010 at 01:53 PM.
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