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If you used too small of gage wire, it could do this. Pull the fuse out and disconnect the lighter terminal and check continuity of the wire, to ensure there is no short-to-ground (should be 0). With the wire off the lighter terminal and the lighter element out, check the continuity of the lighter terminal-to-lighter case (should be 0). If thats all ok, you could try checking the lighter element. It should have a certain amount of resistance. I just don't know how much that is. You could also try a lighter element from another vehicle, if you could find one that fits. If none of this points to the problem, its an attitude thing and we all know attitude things can be fixed with real big hammers