My 12V electric coffepot does exactly the same thing.

I wonder if it's not the interface between the male and female parts -
perhaps grounding somewhere.

I guess someday when I have no more van projects, I'll tackle that one.

Any Winnipeg listees wanna buy my 12V coffee pot?

Marshall Ruskin
84 Westy
Winnipeg, Canada
----- Original Message -----
From: "The Bus Depot" <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 04:17 PM
Subject: Re: thermoelectric cooler problems

> > bought one of those igloo thermoelectric coolers...
> > well, i plugged it into my lighter and it blew the cig lighter/radio
fuse.
> ..
> > the package says that it draws less then 6 amps, but on my 90
> > gl the cig lighter fuse is 15 amps.  what is going on here?
>
>
>
> The element could be shorted.  I know someone whose unit when bad that
way.
> It presented a dead short, so it would instantly blow any fuse. Perhaps
you
> simply got a defective unit.
>
> - Ron Salmon
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