I’m having a slight issue with the power sockets in my mini. I’ve replaced the fuse, but when the mini gets turned to the on position, I see the fuse blow out. Nothing is plugged in so I know it’s a short somewhere. Just curious if there is anyone who had the same issue before and has a good idea where to look for the potential short.

Yeah, replace the whole socket. I was having similar issues with my R56 and ended up replacing the socket with one of these:

Cool, I’ll do that and see if it fixes it. I had a hunch it was the socket itself. I replaced the fuse once and it didn’t blow right away. Worked ok and when I moved the center console that it’s seated in, it blew the fuse. So I suspect it’s the connection right there.

So, turns out, everything is fine. I started to take the old outlet out and noticed that there was a penny shoved in the socket. It was what was causing the short.

so, removed the penny and all is working fine now.