12 volt power point problem

[BradValk48237]

OK.... Here the deal

Had a 12v power plug run direct from the battery..... used it for several years..

Last week on a trip It was not working and when I looked inside there was a ton of corrosion.. I lost the rubber cap a while ago....

So when we stopped for the night, I ran down to OReillys and grabbed a new one, had butt joint splices/crimps, so I snipped off the old one and crimped on the new one.... also bought a 12v USB  adapter the same as I had been using for years......

First problem was when I accidentally touched the metal lip of the socket to the handlebars it popped the breaker... so I secured it and replaced the fuse... no problem then. Until I plugged is the new 12v/USB adapter.... SIZZLE!!! POP!!! the damn thing was smoking!!! I had upped the fuse to a 20 amp.. but it still shouldn't have done that.....

SO I didn't F' with it the rest of the trip...... but got to thinking maybe it was a polarity issue....

SO today I finally got around to playing with it and switched the wires around..... Plugged in a NEW 12v USB adapter and...

SIZZLE!! POP!!!! Smoke and sparks!!!! SON OF A BITCH!!!!

Like I said, have been using the same setup for years no problem..... The plug socket i got is NOT for a cigarette lighter..says so right on the cap.

SO Im thinkin' its a bad plug socket, but before I go out and get a new one, looking for opinions/ideas....

B

[idcrewdawg]

Don't use the modified clipped rewired one. Just replace it. It'd be cheaper and easier in the long run.

[Robert]

Just step back a moment and something is making contact when it shouldn't. If you have a test light make the power connection and see if the outside of the socket has power, it shouldn't. Only the center should, that means that there is an internal short, your handle bar touch was another way to confirm but its good to reverify

[Crabballs]

My suggestion is NEVER use butt connectors or anything else that crimps, they are for quick and dirty jobs by people that are too lazy to do it the right way, which is soldering followed by heat shrink tubing with hot melt glue on the inside.  Pleased redo all the wiring from the beginning to the end and solder it, that bike is too nice to become a bar-b-que pit.