Cig lighter socket not working..help
Stellar HDF Member
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From: Sussex, South of England
I am having the same issue. I took it to Harley and the service guy told me since I used the cigarette lighter to power my GPS that I burned the unit out. I asked if her ment the fuse and he said he ment the unit itself in the fairing. He told me I would have to purchase a new unit and have it installed. Does this sound like crap or the truth???
Eric
Eric
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put your fuse back in and be on your way..
Road Master
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From: ONT
I had my bike in at the dealer which I might add I avoid as much as possible. When I tried using my lighter I discovered it no longer worked. I took the outer fairing off to investigate and found that when the dealer put the fairing back on they had inadvertently knocked the hot wire off the spade connector. While your checking make sure the polarity is correct. Hot -ve should be centre spade on socket.
Cruiser
Joined: Apr 2011
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From: Fredericksburg VA
checking
Looks like bad weather around here for a while and I am down also for an elbow issue (found out yesterday I have a torn tendon) so I have plenty of time to work with it. I will remove the fairing again and see if I can locate the problem. I am wondering, now that i think about it, if my charger may have hit the tank when turning and that cause the element to become damaged? I will look into that as well and figure out what is going on then post my findings on here.
Eric
Eric
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First thing i would try is to exchange the fuse with another one
Mine originally was wired backwards... I bought mine brand new, and it must have been that way from the factory. As soon as I reversed the wires, all worked fine. The lighter element draws MUCH more than almost any device that will work in a lighter plug. Check the connections in the fairing.
Road Captain
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From: SO Cal
put your test light to the side not the center...Harley built them with "+" and (-) reversed...my 10 was
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From: East of the Sun, West of the Moon
that would be a neg sir.. if it was like that none of the accessories/chargers/etc you plug into them would work. If that's the case on your's you might want to change it around to where it's correct. + is the center
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From: b.c.
That having been said, obviously thousands of us use that port for a GPS and the tech's assertion that such a use could have "burned out" the plug is ludicrous.
Dave
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true.. didn't think about the element working both ways and it certainly will.
positive is SUPPOSED to be the center pin, but apparently HD built some with the wires attached backwards....and they don't care if you accessories/chargers/etc work because the company line is that it is a cigarette lighter not an accessory port. the cigarette lighter will work regardless which terminal the hot wire goes to.
That having been said, obviously thousands of us use that port for a GPS and the tech's assertion that such a use could have "burned out" the plug is ludicrous.
Dave
That having been said, obviously thousands of us use that port for a GPS and the tech's assertion that such a use could have "burned out" the plug is ludicrous.
Dave