[DeTomaso] Riddle me this, electrical people

[Dave Londry]

Hey, you're a day late.
dave

On 4/2/2011 12:27 PM, Charles McCall wrote:
> Or even people with a slightly scientific mind.
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> My phone charger doesn't charge the phone in my Pantera. It's an official
> Motorola charger, it works just fine in other cars but not in the Pantera.
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> I thought it might possibly be that the shape of the cigar lighter socket in
> the Pantera was such that the charger didn't make contact, as the cigar
> lighter works (I burned my finger testing that out.)
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> Anyway, I bought a 12-volt y-adapter with a built in light that shows if it
> is plugged in.
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> I plug the adapter into the lighter of the Pantera and the light lights up,
> indicating that it has juice. I plug the charger into the adapter and it
> doesn't light up, indicating that it isn't charging.
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> How can an adapter have current, but the charger plugged into it not? The
> charger works just fine in my daily driver or any one of the rental cars
> that I use on a weeky basis. The only car it doesn't work in is the Pantera.
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> Summary - the cigar lighter works, and will light cigars if one wishes.
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> The y-adapter lights up, indicating that it is receiving current.
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> The phone charger doesn't light up, either plugging it directly into the
> socket, or plugging it into the adapter, even though the adapter light is
> lit.
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> Any idea what gives?
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> Thanks!
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> Charles McCall
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