2005 3.0 ltr Patrol rear power point smoking!

Submitted: Wednesday, Apr 19, 2006 at 00:24
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I just thought I'd share my scary moment with you all! - Whist charging my lantern by the rear power point of my Patrol, I took a drive along the beach at Dongra, WA over Easter following Murray, a fellow Patrol owner...After stopping for a chat on the beach, (My key left in the AUX position) he and I went to look at my compass, which was rather fortunate really, since smoke was wafting out of my drivers side window...I raced around the back and found the charge lead smouldering, so I quickly unplugged it!...The supply is fed via a 15 amp fuse located in the fuse box under the bonnet and switched via a relay on the auxillary circuit, meanwhile the relay fuse is under the dash on the drivers side!....The handbook simply tells you not to exceed 10 amps on the socket and tells you nothing of fuse locations!...I've since changed the supply fuse to 10 amps and intend fitting cigar lighter plugs with internal fuses from now on!
I checked the wiring and all is ok and apart from a burn mark on the storage panel you'd never know! - I guess I was lucky or unlucky, depending on which way you want to look at it!!
Septone vinyl & plastic paint in satin black is an absolute perfect match if you ever have to touch up any of the black plastic.
Cheers
Bopman
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