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Old Mar 5, 2023 | 11:54 PM
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I bought the official Corvette C7/C8 battery tender (Made in China FFS) but keep getting a blinking red light. I reset it like 5 times. Is there a setting I need to use to activate the cigarette lighter? It always resets to the lowest charge level. Do I need a new battery?
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Old Mar 6, 2023 | 12:25 AM
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You’re plugging it into the socket in the trunk, right?
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Old Mar 6, 2023 | 01:54 AM
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The socket by the Shifter is not active when the engine is off. The one in the trunk is.

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Old Mar 6, 2023 | 08:38 AM
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Yes use the rear cigarette lighter.
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Old Mar 6, 2023 | 08:49 AM
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What the others have said - plug the tender into the socket located on the passenger side in the trunk area.
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Old Mar 6, 2023 | 09:01 AM
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Mind would loose a good connection, just from vibrations in the area in the garage.
I had to bend the prongs on the end of the male connector that plug into the trunk socket.
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Old Mar 6, 2023 | 11:07 AM
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Not sure if yours has it, but in some cigarette lighter adapters there is a fuse inside them. If so, unscrew the tip of it and have a look just to be sure it's good.
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He's new. And, just plugged-in to the wrong socket.
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Originally Posted by Vette Jockey
The socket by the Shifter is not active when the engine is off. The one in the trunk is.
there's a fix for that:

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...lways-hot.html
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