[DeTomaso] Riddle me this, electrical people

[Dave Londry]

April !.

On 4/2/2011 12:56 PM, Charles McCall wrote:
> Because?
>
> Charles McCall
> 1985 DeTomaso Pantera GT5-S #9375
> "Raising Pantera Awareness Across Europe"
> http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=2323
>
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: Dave Londry [mailto:davel at emspace.com]
> Enviado el: sábado, 02 de abril de 2011 21:50
> Para: Charles McCall
> CC: detomaso at realbig.com
> Asunto: Re: [DeTomaso] Riddle me this, electrical people
>
> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.)
>>
>>
>>
>> Anyway, I bought a 12-volt y-adapter with a built in light that shows if
> it
>> is plugged in.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> Summary - the cigar lighter works, and will light cigars if one wishes.
>>
>> The y-adapter lights up, indicating that it is receiving current.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> Any idea what gives?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
>>
>> Charles McCall
>>
>> 1985 DeTomaso Pantera GT5-S #9375
>>
>> "Raising Pantera Awareness Across Europe"
>>
>>    <http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=2323>
>> http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=2323
>>
>>
>>
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