Plugged this into our 12v outlet last night and cord got really hot and blew our fuse. Should this have happened??
1884492
I think my hair dryer would of done a better job...you get what you pay for, I found out, it does not fair well. As I recall it lasted about 20minutes before it blew our fuse...it ended up in the trash
1884493
It shouldn't do that. I used it several times and it helped some when my car heater didn't work, but stopped working after a bit. Not sure if it was the fan or the fuse. It does have a warranty, and amazon does have a good return policy, so you may want to return it if it's not too late.
1884494
My cord did the same but did not blow a fuse , that thing is very weak - it may work in Barbies car but not a real one !
1201337
Well, I guess the question was - IF a surge appears on line and burns up the protective circuitry, will this item still continue to provide power to equipment connector to it? The problem with it doing so is that the equipment hooked to it now unprotected. I'm looking for an answer myself, so more info from owners is welcome..
2157740
you have loose connection in your outlet you need to replace it..can cause a fire if you continue to use it..if you have black marks or signs of melting on plug replace the plug end as well on cord end, use a heavy duty type plug with screws that hold wires in plug, not the cheap clip on type. do not use a extension cord unless its heavy duty too, they cheap ones will get hot.
1106317
It blew a fuse in my car at an end on inflating a first tire. I was adding 7psi. this was 30A fuse (2 sockets on this circuit). I returned it because of this event. I didn't want to experiment whether it was a single event or failure of this one inflator, or typical over-current.
33298
That would fry the charger and possibly the battery. Standard house/garage outlet of 110/120v.
74323
I agree with the previous response. If you know the outlet is good and its fully plugged in and you push the on button and nothing happens most likely the power supply in the unit is bad. Time to return it.....
113508
Sound like there is a short circuit. Check your wiring, be sure none got pinch.
2029404
The problem with ours is that it blew the fuses that it came with and the two extras so I don't have a clue whether or not this works. I'm not sure how they blew, but I never tinkered with it because I bought this for my mother. She didn't get anything to work (note we live in the US) even when she used different options for the input volts. (she tried both 110 and 220, both blew a fuse) I'm sorry I can't help you with this, but I think we got a defected version or some kind of messed up one.
1845798
don't leave it in a hot area, store/keep it in a cool place. Check the cord. You may have a short and need replacement. That's what happened to me.
186552
Its been my experience that leaveing it plugged in after dark the charge likes to feed back through the carge controler and heat up why i dont know but it does i would reccomend unplugging it as soon as it gets daark just to be safe..it does get kinda hot!
275325
You can take the cover off and check to see if there is a fuse inside that it may have blown. I would think it would take out the fuse before it burned up the unit.
1046740
Make sure tfirst that your outlet or breaker for the outlet is reset and that you have power. also see if anything else in the house was blown. power going off and on should not hurt the unit. A power surge would. I am not sure about the fusing of the system but I assume there is one in the internal transformer. Since I do not know your expertise I am not sure what to recommend but if you are not a technician and the unit has been plugged into a live outlet then take it to a local radio or electronics shop and have them look at the power supply.
1608891
Over the years I have had a few that got hot when they were plugged in constantly. I started unplugging them when not in use.I don't know what caused it, but they did better when plugged in by themselves on a separate plug.
854205
I just blew a 10A fuse on my cigarette lighter. I have another that is 20A fused. No issues on that one.
673107
The lighter plug has a fuseThe fuse may have blownTry a technical place like radio shack to see if the can test it or get you a USB adapter
316461
I don't think it's normal. That is why I returned mine. Would not run for more than a few minuets before overheating and the safety would shut it off. I know of people who have had success with it but not me and looks like not you either. I'd return it because overheating that quickly could lead to blown fuses or fire.
1758371
Sounds like an issue with the outlet running warm. Normal use my plug is room temp.