Where is the fuse for the 12 volt outlet in the sleeper on a 2011 Freightliner Columbia?
And what causes a 12 volt "male plug" to become so hot that you cannot touch it??
Sleeper 12 volt outlet
Discussion in 'Heavy Duty Diesel Truck Mechanics Forum' started by Grouch, Jul 14, 2017.
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Often it's because the female side is dirty inside.
I can't really remember on a Columbia but you need to pull out your glove box ( 4 screws) and take of the cover of the panel.
If I'm mistaken look for a button between the air vents push it in an lift up that section of the dash to get to the panel.
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I have looked at the fuse box where you are talking about. It has the fuse for the 12 volt outlet that we call the cigarette lighter but the fuse for the sleeper outlet is not there.
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It might not be labeled as cig it might be labeled as sleeper power or something else.
If you've got something to plug into it you might have to just pulling out fuses one by one till you find it.
By the way what are you plugging in that's getting hot, just curious?
Ya know there's another fuse block under your hood on the firewall next to your steering shaft but, that one generally only houses trailer lights and abs fuses and such.
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Yup, that'll cause the burning....lolGrubby and driverdriver Thank this.
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Lmao!!!!
Ya when I typed that I just started lol , funny thing is I wasn't even going for that. -
The plug that was getting hot was the plug in the Cigarette lighter socket and I think I found the problem. The "male plug" was a little loose in the outlet and once I wrapped a round of black tape around the "male plug" everything stayed normal.driverdriver Thanks this.
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So what is it that your plugging in that one.?
Years ago I use to use one of those Burton 12v coffee pots. Well Ya have to get up 15mins early to turn it on cause that's how long it takes to spit out 1 cup of coffee
. One morning I plugged it in hit the snooze button then woke up to find the plug literally melted into the scocket. -
I had a plug from a multi 12 volt socket deal. In the 3 holes, I had my 12 volt Coleman cooler, my XM radio and I was charging my phone and was going down a very rough section of highway and the male plug in my cig. lighter actually melted too. I had another plug, so I changed it, wrapped one round of black tape and the new plug and it never even got hot again. I suspect that bouncing and vibrations caused the plug to move around in the socket and by doing so, allowed it to get very hot. Next 300 miles home, I kept touching the plug and it stayed normal.
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On the Columbia, both of the pillars behind the seats have fuses, I believe it's behind the passenger door for that fuse.
The plug gets hot because of a poor connection, and it's a progressive heating that quickly destroys the plug, the hotter it gets, the higher the resistance and the more it heats.Grouch Thanks this.
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