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help..blowing fuses?

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Old 04-29-2010, 02:29 PM
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My car keeps blowing the fuse for the interior lights it stays on then it just blows out of no where since im not to good with electrical i was wondering where i should start lookin any ideas?
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Old 04-29-2010, 09:00 PM
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i think i figured it out ...it was the ground wire going to the 4way/hazard switch on the dash . the ground wire was barely in the switch and was shorthing out yayayayay i got lights again lol
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if your blowing fuses the short is not on the ground wire, a short on the ground wire would keep the lights on constantly, shorts on the power/B+ ARE WHAT CAUSE FUSES TO BLOW and or excessive resistance in a load consumer.....Just a thought
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