Trickle Charger Pops out Of Lighter

[Dave S.]

I use the same Porsche charger and don't have any issue with it popping out of the lighter socket. The light on the charger rarely comes on over the winter. Every once and a while, I go out and open a door on the Boxster, which immediately turns on the light on the charger because the dome light turns on. That way I know it's working properly.

[Ciao]

Originally Posted by Dave S.

I use the same Porsche charger and don't have any issue with it popping out of the lighter socket. The light on the charger rarely comes on over the winter. Every once and a while, I go out and open a door on the Boxster, which immediately turns on the light on the charger because the dome light turns on. That way I know it's working properly.

Dave,

Thank you!!

That test works. I opened the passenger door (partially removed cover) and the light to the charger came on! I had not paid attention to that before.

Lesson learned! This is my first Porche and my first experience Winterizing it as well.

Cheers and Happy Holidays!

[BirdDog]

I had the same problem with my Porsche charger popping out and went with upgrading the cigarette lighter socket as ikchris said in post #2. Pretty sure I bought the kit from Suncoast, but might have bought it from Pelican (I try to buy things from Pelican since they sponsor these forums).

Since changing over to the narrower socket (which includes a new lighter) everything fits properly (GPS, iPod transmitter, phone charger, etc) and things no longer fall out.

I had no problems changing it over, but there was a post here on the forums (do a search) that had some info that made the job a lot easier.