12v Auxiliary Sockets Fused

[Guest tonyl]

I have a 98 Galaxy Petrol (2.3) and the 12V auxiliary sockets in the rear

stopped working recently when I had an inverter plugged into one of them.

No problem, I thought, just a blown fuse. It probably is, but I can't find the

so & so. Nothing else seems to be affected and there doesn't seem to be

a fuse blown in the normal fuse panel near the driver's right knee. My

Haines manual mentions (and even has a picture of) an auxiliary fuse box

somewhere near the battery but it isn't there on my car.

 

So I have 2 questions:

 

Where are the 2 12v sockets fused?

 

If it's the Auxiliary Fusebox, where have they hidden it?

 

Thanks for any answers

 

Even if I don't get an answer, this problem helped me find this forum - every cloud has a silver lining!

 

Tonyl

[Guest nimrod]

try

topic covered earlier

[Guest tonyl]

Thanks for the pointer. I had found it, once I realised my original question was probably posted in the wrong forum.

 

I have no K160 relay and the fusebox area doesn't match the description there. I've just spent a happy hour investigating until it got too dark. The relays are behind what I think is the control module and are a blighter to reach in their own right. I ended up with the whole of the lower fascia off. There are 3 very large fuses on the bottom layer of the two relay layers - all are OK.

 

Interestingly, my cigarette lighter is working OK - it's just the power sockets in the boot which have given up the ghost. Should I be looking elsewhere?

 

TonyL

[Guest nimrod]

remember reading somewhere on here about fuses under the drivers or passenger seats

[Guest tonyl]

Thanks for your help. It'll have to wait until next weekend but I'll have a look then.

 

Cheers

[Guest Turbo]

Oddly, just one of my 12v sockets work in the back, but when I swap the connections over at the back of the panel, the one that wasn`t working, works and the one that was working doesn`t, so unless they are fused seperatly or into seperate relays ( I doubt very much ) I must have a break in the wires. I`ll have a look this week one day.

[Jim]

Oddly, just one of my 12v sockets work in the back, but when I swap the connections over at the back of the panel, the one that wasn`t working, works and the one that was working doesn`t, so unless they are fused seperatly or into seperate relays ( I doubt very much ) I must have a break in the wires. I`ll have a look this week one day.

They are fused separately on mine. Fuses 8 & 10, rated at 15A. Check fuses before looking for a broken wire.

 

Also, on mine, noticed fuse 1 was missing, along with some others. However, it says fuse 1 is for "Engine management (2.8 l CD-V6 24V engines and turbo diesel engines). As mine is a 115 TDi, I thought I should have had one of these?

[Guest Turbo]

Cheers Jim, I`ll check them. I would`ve thought you should have a fuse in no. 1 too......Electrics are not really a strong point with me but it does seem odd that there wasn`t one in there.

[Guest Turbo]

Well Ive had a look Jim and it was a blown fuse under the drivers seat. Thanks for your help. I now have two 12v sockets that work.