| [GMCnet] Re: Play-doh in the lighter socket [message #365439 is a reply to message #365438] |
Wed, 14 July 2021 21:43   |
sgltrac
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Pull out the cig lighter and buy a dual usb receptacle. Way more useful now
a days and safer too
Sully
Bellevue wa
On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 7:40 PM Tim Taylor wrote:
> 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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Sully
77 Royale basket case.
Future motorhome land speed record holder(bucket list)
Seattle, Wa.
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