Oh boy, a cig lighter question...

Situation: No power to cig lighter. No power to cig lighter fuse either. Fuse is fine. Fusible links are also fine. Everything else electrical unaffected.

How It Happened: While using a power inverter from cig lighter, it became neccessary to operate a hair drier out of this device. With heat setting off and fan on low the invertor kept whining about not enough power so I started vehicle. Still whining so I revved the engine while standing next to vehicle drying hair. After about 20 seconds the power supply was lost. Testing proves the above description of situation is accurate.

Question(s): What happened? Why didn't the fuse for the cig lighter blow instead of something else further up?
As no other electrical was interfered with then what am I looking for in solving the problem?
I have looked for inline fuses and can only find the stereo one.
I have looked for melted wires leading from battery to vehicle interior and all seems normal. Is it possible wires that connect to back of fuse box somehow blew off...?(no current to Cig Light fuse receptacle)
Is there any other things someone might recommend I look for?


If there is a forum more appropriate for my question please refer...
Thanks in advance if so...
Blackfish