Morris Minor Owners Club

Problem not answered but solved. Direct connection to the battery worked OK. I then moved the spade terminal over to the other fuse (which went through the ignition switch), plugged in the satnav and no blown fuse! Whether it will last long-term remains to be seen when I next do a long journey but i...

The car was converted to neg earth years ago. The cig lighter works OK and doesn't blow the fuse Just plugging in the satnav lead does not blow the fuse The satnav works fine in other vehicles I've taken out the lighter socket and everything looks fine and it's not shorting to earth. An internet sea...

I have fitted a cigarette lighter wired to a permanently live fuse running through another in-line fuse. The lighter works perfectly well as does a test lamp put across the cigarette lighter terminals. Plug my Garmin Nuvi satnav into the cigarette lighter and the in-line fuse blows. I've upped the f...