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electrical problem... fuse keeps blowing??

860 views 3 replies 4 participants last post by  vang  
#1 ·
ok, i posted before about my stupid "small light" fuse that blows about once a week forcing me to keep off the roads at night so i don't get pulled over and i've gone through about 6 fuses so far.. anyhow, yesterday, my fuse blew again and luckily i had 3 left, so i pop a new one in and as soon as i hit my lights, it blows, so i thought it was just a bad fuse, so i pop another one in, and it blows again right away.. so now i have one fuse left and i figure that will probably blow as well, so i look in the owners manual which says to not use a fuse w/ higher ampage because it will fuck up your electrical system, but i didn't want to use a lower amp because that will probably blow before i even turn on my lights, .. so anyhow, the "small light" fuse is a 15amp fuse and i just took a spare 20amp fuse and put it in, but even w/ that one, my dash lights/indiglos start to flicker sometimes like they do right before the fuse is about to blow.. so now im thinking there is something wrong.. what should i do? put in a 25amp fuse?
 
#2 ·
The fuse is there for your protection....its there to blow before something else more expensive and troublesome blows....if you use a fuse that is too big....you'll probly end up fuqqing up wires and burning/melting more expensive stuff....check your wiring on your indiglos and make sure everything is connected correctly...I had this problem on my 90 Integra because one of the wires weren't wrapped in electrical tape and kept on touching metal on the car...im guessing its from your gauges..double check them and make sure you installed them correctly.
 
#4 ·
i'm pretty sure one of your wires are loose...check all the recent wires that you've touched and see if their wrapped in electrical tape and that they are not loose and touching anything and also make sure your wires are actually hooked up to the correct wires...