Just seeing what you have used. I don't wanna cut the dash up at all so just a replacement for the factory placement.
Mine keeps on popping the breaker
Mine keeps on popping the breaker
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Replacement cigarette lighter.
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Kain
3/4 ton status
mine did to even after replacing with both new old stock and after market so i wired in a separate one strait to battery fused of corse .
put a USB port in there instead..like this but without the Dennis Kirk price tag
https://www.denniskirk.com/4000708....9-Ch3a-AxqEAQYASABEgJIefD_BwE&ad=244288899042
https://www.denniskirk.com/4000708....9-Ch3a-AxqEAQYASABEgJIefD_BwE&ad=244288899042
I have a nice zippo I’d get ya
It only pops it when I push my phone power cord in.
I'm sure you've tried a different power cord just because..... And personally I think that USB port above is awesome and I'll be getting a couple lol... But I have this one I can send you for nothing if you want... Not sure if it fits the stock spot in a Chevy 
. Came from my dad's stuff.
. Came from my dad's stuff.
I think I'm gonna try to do a USB type setup. I don't use the ash tray for anything so maybe it's time for a little project.
If you look around you'll find some round panel mount dual output USB ports, but I'm not sure if any are small enough to fit the stock hole. Some should be, the USB slots are plenty small to fit thorugh the cigarette lighter opening.
Vombrown
Mountain Man
^^^^^ this right here. There are many on eBay and Amazon that fit the bill. Just pop the lighter socket out and the new USB version pops in with a screw on the back to hold it tight. I have one like that somewhere
Your right Rick. I think the plan is to pull enthe ashtray and do a couple USB ports in there and then fix the cig lighter.
Hell I can't even change the dang fuse with my leg the way it is.
I bought a panel style unit to add somewhere else that adds another cigarette lighter plug plus two USB outlets. I don't like adding holes, but I've got a tuffy console I don't mind screwing stuff to, and if you wanted to add one to the lower lip of the dash that could be done without drilling as well most likely.
Vombrown
Mountain Man
Here is the one that I bought for my truck. Covers the ashtray hole perfectly. Looks great too. Just pull the ashtray assembly out and put this over it.
Where did you get that? got a PN?
Vombrown
Mountain Man
It was on eBay. I'll try to dig up the auction. I know that there were several styles available. THis one seemed the most likely candidate. I searched for 12v switch panel and it came up with hundreds of them. I just made sure to get a "Marine" version so everything was sealed. Even came with a sheet of 3M stickers for the switches. About 200 labels from Locker to zombie flood lights...LOL
Just an idea of what I bought:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-Car-Ci...Lot-ZT-/162573398780?var=&hash=item25da2132fc
https://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-Car-Ci...Lot-ZT-/162573398780?var=&hash=item25da2132fc
If you just want to replace yours I have one
I will second the idea of trying a different power cord. Switching power supplies, which most chargers are, draw a large amount of current when first powered up, but it only lasts for a second or two, and usually does not cause a problem.
If it does it with a different plug, I would suspect that the little copper nut that holds the center contact on from the back side has come loose.
Either way, unless its some kind of a custom socket for that model truck, it should be one like Shady is holding. They used to be a buck or two, and were fairly universal.
For some reason, cigarette lighter problems seem to haunt me from time to time. Several years ago, driving my truck back from a hunting trip, I hit a small bump in the highway, and the cruise control quit.
Of course I can drive without cruise control, but I wanted to know what happened. After some checking on the side of the highway, I found a blown fuse. It was labeled "cigar lighter".
Checking that, I discovered a downside to keeping a lot of spare change in the ashtray. It got full enough that a dime slid over and into the socket. Apparently the cruise control got its power from the same circuit.
A few weeks later, almost the exact opposite thing happened to a friend. I was at the local Cell store, buying an accessory of some kind. The waiting time for a phone problem looked to be about 45 minutes, and I felt lucky that I did not need to see a tech.
As I stepped out, I saw my 10th grade art teacher driving up.
She recognized me, and as we were talking she said that she was hoping to get her phone looked at on her lunch break.
She had no appointment, so I told her she probably out of luck.
I asked what was wrong with her phone. She said it would not charge in her car. I told her to let me look at it.
Of course, the last time she saw me, I was in the 10th grade. I had become a graduate electronics engineer since then, but she did not know that. She was a little nervous giving me her phone. They were still fairly new and expensive. Mostly flip and bag phones back then.
I plugged in her plug, no green light. Plugged it into my car, good strong green light.
Whipped out my penlight, looked into her lighter socket.
When I'm working on something, I tend to lock onto the problem. I muttered something about " thats easy", and started wandering around the parking lot looking down at the pavement.
Spotted a small wood stick, picked it up, pulled out my pocketknife and started sharpening it to a point.
By this time, she was saying something to the effect of she could come back later with an appointment, just hand her her phone back. I ignored her, leaned into the car, stuck the stick down into the socket, which faced straight up in that model car, and gave a little stabbing motion.
Turned around and showed her the small plastic ball of the wrapper off a mint or lozenge, stuck on the end of the stick.
She meant to throw it into the ashtray, but it went in the socket, and blocked the center post of the charger from making contact.
I don't know if she was more happy because it was fixed, or relieved because I had not done something terrible to her phone.
One more: I've told this one here before, but its been awhile, and I'm bored waiting on a phone call.
Good friend of mine was in the Navy stationed out of Jacksonville Fl. back around '73.
Came home on leave, driving a Ford Courier. Tiny truck.
We jumped in it, and went fishing. He mentioned that the lighter did not work. He did not smoke, but one of his shipmates that rode with him a lot did, and always bitched about the lighter.
I looked at it, and if you held it in, it got hot. But it would not stay in.
So, I took the lighter apart, and adjusted (bent) the little tabs that held it in until it got hot. That worked, but I still did not like the action, so I tinkered a little more. Put it back together, pushed it in, and it stayed.
About that time we got to the fishing spot, so I popped it back to the standby position and we went fishing.
Some time later, he is back in J'ville, and he and a couple of buddies are going to the beach. They put on their swim trunks, toss their wallets in the glove box, and pile in the truck.
My friend is driving, they put the smoker on the outside right, so he can use the window. Three pretty darn big guys crammed into this tiny cab. They almost could not get the doors closed.
Cruising along, the smoker asks the center guy to hold in the lighter so he can light up. My friend says you don't have to hold it in anymore, I had a guy fix it.
Center guy pushes it in, it stays.
Seems to stay a little longer than normal, then pops out.
ALL THE WAY OUT!!
Lands in the center guys lap. Goes down between his bare legs.
Chaos Ensues.
Somehow, they did not wreck. My friend called to say that both doors on his truck needed work. They actually bowed the doors out slightly from the inside.
When they finally got calmed down, found some sunburn lotion and put it on the center guy's crotch and thighs, he made a very profound statement.
That is one BadA** lighter.........
If it does it with a different plug, I would suspect that the little copper nut that holds the center contact on from the back side has come loose.
Either way, unless its some kind of a custom socket for that model truck, it should be one like Shady is holding. They used to be a buck or two, and were fairly universal.
For some reason, cigarette lighter problems seem to haunt me from time to time. Several years ago, driving my truck back from a hunting trip, I hit a small bump in the highway, and the cruise control quit.
Of course I can drive without cruise control, but I wanted to know what happened. After some checking on the side of the highway, I found a blown fuse. It was labeled "cigar lighter".
Checking that, I discovered a downside to keeping a lot of spare change in the ashtray. It got full enough that a dime slid over and into the socket. Apparently the cruise control got its power from the same circuit.
A few weeks later, almost the exact opposite thing happened to a friend. I was at the local Cell store, buying an accessory of some kind. The waiting time for a phone problem looked to be about 45 minutes, and I felt lucky that I did not need to see a tech.
As I stepped out, I saw my 10th grade art teacher driving up.
She recognized me, and as we were talking she said that she was hoping to get her phone looked at on her lunch break.
She had no appointment, so I told her she probably out of luck.
I asked what was wrong with her phone. She said it would not charge in her car. I told her to let me look at it.
Of course, the last time she saw me, I was in the 10th grade. I had become a graduate electronics engineer since then, but she did not know that. She was a little nervous giving me her phone. They were still fairly new and expensive. Mostly flip and bag phones back then.
I plugged in her plug, no green light. Plugged it into my car, good strong green light.
Whipped out my penlight, looked into her lighter socket.
When I'm working on something, I tend to lock onto the problem. I muttered something about " thats easy", and started wandering around the parking lot looking down at the pavement.
Spotted a small wood stick, picked it up, pulled out my pocketknife and started sharpening it to a point.
By this time, she was saying something to the effect of she could come back later with an appointment, just hand her her phone back. I ignored her, leaned into the car, stuck the stick down into the socket, which faced straight up in that model car, and gave a little stabbing motion.
Turned around and showed her the small plastic ball of the wrapper off a mint or lozenge, stuck on the end of the stick.
She meant to throw it into the ashtray, but it went in the socket, and blocked the center post of the charger from making contact.
I don't know if she was more happy because it was fixed, or relieved because I had not done something terrible to her phone.
One more: I've told this one here before, but its been awhile, and I'm bored waiting on a phone call.
Good friend of mine was in the Navy stationed out of Jacksonville Fl. back around '73.
Came home on leave, driving a Ford Courier. Tiny truck.
We jumped in it, and went fishing. He mentioned that the lighter did not work. He did not smoke, but one of his shipmates that rode with him a lot did, and always bitched about the lighter.
I looked at it, and if you held it in, it got hot. But it would not stay in.
So, I took the lighter apart, and adjusted (bent) the little tabs that held it in until it got hot. That worked, but I still did not like the action, so I tinkered a little more. Put it back together, pushed it in, and it stayed.
About that time we got to the fishing spot, so I popped it back to the standby position and we went fishing.
Some time later, he is back in J'ville, and he and a couple of buddies are going to the beach. They put on their swim trunks, toss their wallets in the glove box, and pile in the truck.
My friend is driving, they put the smoker on the outside right, so he can use the window. Three pretty darn big guys crammed into this tiny cab. They almost could not get the doors closed.
Cruising along, the smoker asks the center guy to hold in the lighter so he can light up. My friend says you don't have to hold it in anymore, I had a guy fix it.
Center guy pushes it in, it stays.
Seems to stay a little longer than normal, then pops out.
ALL THE WAY OUT!!
Lands in the center guys lap. Goes down between his bare legs.
Chaos Ensues.
Somehow, they did not wreck. My friend called to say that both doors on his truck needed work. They actually bowed the doors out slightly from the inside.
When they finally got calmed down, found some sunburn lotion and put it on the center guy's crotch and thighs, he made a very profound statement.
That is one BadA** lighter.........
