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Cigarette Lighter in Toyota Tundra Zapped Something!?
I plugged a vibrating Back Massager into a Tundra (17k miles) and the following happened: vibrated strangely, pulled it out. Clock went out at sme point but came back on. Immediate rough idle and rough drive. Cigarette lighter only heats up to lukewarm. Nav system sporadically acting wacky and screen getting hot. Auto dim on Nav stopped working. Radio soon after has lost it’s “power”, no more rich, booming sound…have to turn it way up and it sounds weak. All fuses inside & under hood checked twice & were fine. No codes present. I have stopped driving it as some of these things were progressive, such as the Nav system acting oddly. Note: the back massager is completely dead…a short I would presume. I really need help with this. Any ideas would be appreciated
Check the ground connection between the engine and the frame. If it’s bad, everything electrical will act up.
Somebody who knows how to use a voltmeter could probably track down the problem in two minutes.
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Can a copper wire that is powered to a 12V car outlet brun through cotton?
I’m in an engineering class and I’m trying to invent a heated covering for a gear shift. I need to know if a 12V outlet will heat copper wires enough to brun through cotton. Or will it be better to use car seat material or those potable massagers material. An adapter will come from the outlet and into the covering to heat the interior copper wires, thus heating the gear shift. Am I clear or confusing?
when copper wire is heated, too much amperage, it will burn through the rubber coating that is specifically made for it. so yeh you would have a fire on your hands. like some others have said copper is a conductor. heating elements are made of resistors. that’s why they heat up. the resistance to current flow causes heat. you also need a thermostat to control the current flow. if not you’ll just have a nice carbecue
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