Xantia Extra 12V socket fault

[ecohouse1]

Hi
Not sure if this was an optional extra or a previous owner fitted it but I have an extra 12V cigar socket in the passenger foot well on the side of the console. Really handy for sat navs or phone charger and appears to be a perm live as it works even when the ignition is off.

Anyway suddenly stopped working and I think it was a faulty cheapy iphone charger that shorted out. Checked the fuses under the steering wheel and can't see mention of a second socket in the handbook? I am assuming that it must be an inline one and maybe under the glove box. Does anyone know how these are usually wired and where the fuse might be? Were these fitted to Xantia's BTW its a 1.9TD SX 1999 T plate.

Thanks

Alan

[Stewart(oily)]

The socket is standard, citroen thought that we were all giving up smoking and failed to see the mibile phone revolution .
Cant remember the fuse position but it was definitely on the fusebox in the car, get comfortable with the little fuse puller and go through them, the side socket shares its fuse with the one in the ashtray.

[ecohouse1]

Thanks Stewart - The ashtray one is fuse 16 which was intact - plus the ashtray one still works which is weird!!

[Gingerposer]

It's definitely fuse 16, just checked mine. Think you must have a wiring issue if the socket in the ashtray is still ok.

[addo]

The sockets are famously dicky. Try wiggling the charger.

[ecohouse1]

Why do I always look for the complicated solutions first. Peered into the socket and at the back of it was the mangled remains of a fuse and part of the iphone charger internals!! Amazed it hadn't shorted out as some of it was metal. Anyway extricated this and all works as normal!!! Note to self look for the simple solution first!!!