nodoubt711

well i did the corner light rewire mod where you make them turn on all the time. they looked good but the stock bulbs was too dim (the stock are 27 watts) so i bought me some hyper white signal bulbs (35 watts!) and they look d@m good. they blend in with my hyper white head lights (max stocks was 45 watts but the hypers are 80 watts!) so i thought they look so sweet. i would light up the whole road, i mean the whole road (a 180 thing going there) but i just blew my second fuse. turns out that your corner, interior (dash gauge lights), and brake lights all run on the sam d@m fuse. looks like after i did the rewire mod (makes them on all the time so more stress on fuse) and then i got the hyper whites (more watts mean even more stress on the fuse) i blew my second fuse. well the dude at auto zone said that my fuse was too low to handle that (10 amp or something like that) and i should put a 20 amp instead and that fix or make my fuse last longer. we see what happens. 3rd times the charm, but i do recommend that rewire and hyper mod cause they look so sweet at night, and also if you have some nice fogs lights too, looks even better!

brubenstein

There are also 15 amp fuses. You have to understand that if you are exceeding the intended current draw for the circuit, you are risking doing damage to the wiring (melting the insulation and/of bulb sockets - major PIA to repair).

Chris Gregg

iTrader: (59)

I agree. I think that I would try to upgrade to the next highest fuse and see how that works first. But, IMO, I would keep tabs on how hot the new fuse gets (and the wires at the bulbs). That's why it doesn't blow as soon as you turn on your lights, the power drain heats up the wires and thus decreases votage flow and then blows the fuse. Put the higher fuse in and check for heat/ if it blows. Then, go higher, to 20. You will actually stand a greater chance of melting wires by running too small a fuse, but again, it just depends on whether or not the wiring can handle the new load. I think they can. It's not like your trying to run a 60amp fused Alpine Amplifier with an 18 gauge wire! Just in case you don't know, that wouldn't be good!