| Play-doh in the lighter socket [message #365438] |
Wed, 14 July 2021 21:39  |
timthenomad
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Location: Austin, TX
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Hi All,
So, while packing up at the end of my last camping weekend I noticed a giant blue blob in the cigarette lighter. Evidently Boone(3), or Molly Bee(18m) had discovered a good place to stash their Playdough. I thought I could get it out whole with some tweezers. I got a hold of a big blob, but the remainder quickly started smoldering and smoking so I pulled the AUX fuse. I was a bit baffled by that because one would think that Playdough is non-conductive. With the fuse out I cleaned out the socket as best I could while trying to keep two demon children from running off into the woods or turning on all the gas valves on the oven.
So when starting the drive home I find myself with 15% battery on my phone. I put the fuse back in to charge off the front lighter but a very uncomfortable amount of smoke begins pouring out of the socket. So I pop the fuse out, have my wife Stephanie shout directions at me from the dinette, and get the camper back to storage and the kids back home.
We are going to take them back out to the coast this weekend and I'd like to get that front power socket back up. While the kids are this age repairing the GMC is like trying to do Civil War surgury without anestisia -- any operation has to be completed in under 10 minutes or else its doomed. Socket sets overturned, zip ties put to nefarious uses, or they just take off in two different directions knowning mom can only catch one of them.
So I usaully have about 10 minutes to prep the camper while my wife gets the little ones out and into their car seats. Anyone have any idea how I can make my dry smoking Playdough problems go away quickly enough that I can focus my attention on keeping my kids from distroying other things?
Thanks In advance.
Tim
Tim Taylor
Austin TX
Philadelphia PA
76 Birchaven (SB)
76 Triumph TR6
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