Very good advice. I have seen several Peugeot lighters with polarity
reversed.
It is also a problem for battery boosters, or battery substitutes to
keep the radio and clock from resetting while you have the battery
out. Check the polarity first!
Brian Holm
At 10:52 PM 12/9/2007, Paul Strickland wrote:
>Interesting:
>
>After having the clutch replaced some while back and just purchasing a
>new GPS receiver; I noticed that they didn't plug the dash lighter
>socket back in. Well, I plugged it back in and it still did not work for
>a plug in volt meter. In fact it never did work in that socket before
>any of this.
>
>What I found out......... was that the polarity was reversed !! +12V to
>the outside ring !!! Lucky that I did not plug in the GPS receiver.
>Hopefully the GPS had an internal protection diode in it and would have
>spared it from destruction. Did not want to test this out!
>
>I had to cut both wires to the lighter socket and switch them over
>because I could not remove the pins from the plug.
>
>Word to the wise here: When plugging in new electronics to cigar
>lighter in French Car, check the polarity of the socket !!
>
>+12 to the center button only!
>
>I would have never expected something like this and it could have been a
>disaster.
>
>Paul
>A few cars!
>
Brian Holm, Parts for Peugeots
at Peugeot Holm, since 1969
2120 Maple Hill
Plainfield, VT, 05667
802-454-7132, fax -1310
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