<VV> Oops! Set my CORSA on fire......

[Louis Armer]

SayRay....................You put new meaning to "C'mon Baby Light My 
Fire" !!! <GGG>

da Chuckster
Chuck Armer
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At 11:24 PM 12/6/2009, you wrote:
>Well, only a tiny bit.....  no fire damage.
>
>Today I found my cigarettee lighter was inoperative.  I looked 
>underneath the dash and discovered the wire was off.  I hooked the 
>wire back up and pushed the lighter in....  pulled it out after 30 
>seconds, but before it popped and found it was still stone cold.
>
>Just to test the socket I plugged in a 12 device to the socket.... 
>no power.  I pulled out the adapter, pushed the lighter back in and 
>started driving the car...
>
>About 20 minutes later I started picking up a little whiff of 
>something I thought might be the belt....  started to pull 
>over....   my fiance' started to panic a bit at this point as smoke 
>started pouring out of the dash....   I tilted my head sideways to 
>ponder the situation while I switched off the ignition and reached 
>for the chrome fire extinguisher mounted between my front seats......
>
>big snip
>
>I had my fiance' run back to the engine compartment and disconnect 
>my battery quick release....  looked for any futher sign of damage 
>(found none), duct taped the exposed wire all up to make sure it 
>couldnt short out....... reconnected the battery and went on my 
>way.... things seem to be ok.
>
>Much to her credit my girl didn't make an undue fuss about it.
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