Cavie, thanks for the robust comments.
Some additional homework revealed that my 12volt sockets are likely powered by a 20amp fuse in the BATTERY CONTROL CENTER. F17 fuse was good, however.
I got part of the dash to open up by removing a few of the small black screws around the dash trim. Both sockets were plugged in and I traced the wires back about a foot and they "look good"... for what that's worth.
I saw in another thread that there may be an inline fuse somewhere that is the culprit... anybody hazard a guess how to access that?
__________________
|