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[jp1m]

Hey all,
I have my 91 s-10 blazer and I am looking for a way to be able to connect the phone charger of my cell phone. As I have found out. I cannot just plug it into the lighter It won't work. Does anyone have a quick cheap fix that I have yet to come upon? Thanks for your time in advance.
John

[goser]

I'd try and figure out why it doesn't work. Are you getting power to the lighter? Maybe the plug of the phone charger is damaged--you can buy replacements and wire it up. If not check the fuse, wiring... do you have an accessory outlet? Does it have power?

[jp1m]

yes. my lighter and it does work...argggg

[muzzy1maniac]

HAve you tried the charger in another vehicle? Is your truck running or the key in the ACC position when you tried it? Some vehicles require the the ingnition to be in at least the ACC position for power.

[jp1m]

Thanks for the quick responce muzzy1maniac & goser. The charger does work on the wifes extra outlet on her 98 but not in her cigg lighter. HMMM...
Any other ideas??? My cig lighter does work also. Strange. Didn't they have cell phone's in 91???

[excheezhead]

Originally Posted by jp1m

Thanks for the quick responce muzzy1maniac & goser. The charger does work on the wifes extra outlet on her 98 but not in her cigg lighter. HMMM...
Any other ideas??? My cig lighter does work also. Strange. Didn't they have cell phone's in 91???

same thing happens once in a while on my 2001.
1. check to see if the lighter socket is loose. remove the ashtray, if it is loose, you can turn it tight from the back.
2 .try rotating the charger around like a watch minute hand, ie; 12:00,1:00,2:00,3:00, etc. some times there are bad spots/looser than others in the socket.
3. if there are silver tabs on the sides of the charger, these ground the charger/lighter, the tip is the hot end. you can very slightly and easy bend them out in case the lighter socket is a little bigger that the charger plug.

its always some little thing that shuts everything down!!

[OverBoardProject]

If your cig lighter works and the charger doesn't there's a good chance that the cig lighter is wired in backwards. As in + where the ground should be and vice versa.

Lighters don't know the difference, where a phone would.

Take a test light and hook 1 end up to a ground, then hook the other side up to the flat metal surface in the cig lighter socket.

If it lights up in 1 vehicle while doing this, but not the other that's your problem.