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blowing fuses

Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 3:57 pm
by muppet_man67
When I bought my car there was an evil blue swithch that when pressed
blew the fuse for the cd player. today I decided to do something
about it and diconnected everything from this switch. All the wireing
related to the switch I pulled out. (it was easy to see because it
was different wire to any wire that was on the car and wasn't neatly
taped in with all the other wireing. since ive done this the fuse
blows everytime I turn the accesories on. does anyone know what I
should be looking for? its really hard to follow the wiring from that
fuse because its all bundled up.
cheers Sam

Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 4:10 pm
by christover1
maybe the original owner had the same prob, so he/she put that wire
in as an extra power supply to his maybe high draw equipment, so two
fuses share the load..or as a back up supply when the fuse did
blow...fuses usually blow for 4 main reasons 1. a short 2. too high
a current flow 3. fuse to low for equipment or 4. fuse faulty/old
etc.
I just guessing in the wind, but 12v testing stuff may be needed,
especially resistance, as it can find shorts and/or breaks.
did any of these extra wires connect to anything else?

good luck, these gremlins can be hard to sort, christover

Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2004 6:41 pm
by dumbdunce
it's probably something along these lines:

http://www.outpost9.com/reference/jargon/jargon_46.html

fuse

Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2004 10:56 pm
by ratboy
if it was working fine before u touched it it will be some thing u have done disconect things one at a time thas linked to that fuse till it stops blowing fuses this will take time and is a crude but cheep or go to autolec or may be use 2in nail and look for fire and smoke :finger:

Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 8:35 pm
by HUNTERLUX
if it was working fine before u touched it it will be some thing u have done disconect things one at a time thas linked to that fuse till it stops blowing fuses this will take time and is a crude but cheep or go to autolec or may be use 2in nail and look for fire and smoke



dont tell him that the last mate i told that 2 did it :twisted:
then 2 top it off the silly bast*rd shyt his pants & used a fire xtingusher
and filled the car full of powder

seriosly bfriend an autolec