I got my Kensington 12V adapter from my local Apple store over a year ago
and have had
not problems with it, the cig outlet, etc. This may just be an indication
that the cig lighter
outlet is the weak point in your system, and you may have a ground problem
up front,
and the heat generated by that made the socket fail?

Bob

On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 9:21 AM, Katherine J. Maas <katherine@kjmaas.com>wrote:

> Anyone else had problems with cigarette lighter blowing when you plug in a
> computer with an inverter/adapter? I got a Mac adapter from Mike Gyver and
> it worked great for about a week, then the lighter blew. I don�t know if
> the
> lighter was just due, or if this is a known problem using computers in a
> Vanagon. Mine is a 1987. When we get home I thought I�d get it fixed, but
> if
> there�s a better solution than the standard one (on a 10 amp fuse) I�d love
> to know about it. Please p-mail me if you know one.
>
> Katherine
> & Vanita
>