Ok, so I bought a mini-vacuum for my car. It's supposed to be powered by plugging it into the cigarette igniter in the car, but it's not working? Anyone know what the problem could be? The vacuum works in my friends lighter plug, but not mine?

 

try starting the car, or turning the key to accessories.

 

Didn't work

 

Mmmm I have an air pump...I actually have to hold it into the lighter socket for it to work it's a pain in the ***.....not all lighter plugs are made the same....nor are the lighter sockets.....


James

 

haha i have a mini vacuum too! hahaha it's awesome

anyways.. check if the cig lighter works... make sure you twist it around.. some times the contacts aren't that good

 

I've tried absoloutely everything! My cig lighter on my old teg didn't work as well.. Hmmm ??

 

check the fuse.

 

^^^werd

or u have to remove the ashtray and cig lighter and make sure the harness to the cig lighter is actually connected. That was my problem when I bought the car...

 

is my teg the only one that doesn't have to be on to use the lighter?

 

How would I take out the section where the lighter etc is.. So I can check the wiring?

 

you take out the ash tray then you will have three screws you take them out and OMG YOU JUST TAKEN THE ASSEMBLY APART ... pretty simple ...you might want to move plug in a 360 degree motion you might be able to make it work like that

 

lol if u want a live feed all the time just take the power wire for the cig and run a wire direct to the battery or constant power source (alarm, amp + wire, etc)