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Old Jul 19, 2002 | 11:51 AM
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When brakes applied..corners light up??(Respond please)

I just noticed driving when my lights are not on when I hit the brakes my shift lights and my corners light light up..what's that all about??......I just switched out apc 35w corners(which I was using on a 10 amp for 3 weeks) for polargs 21/5w now i have to use a 15 amp because 10's keep blowing. Will my 15 be ok??..And any answers about the corners lighting up question???

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Old Jul 20, 2002 | 12:02 AM
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what the fuses do is take the heat from burning away at all the wiring, so gettin a 15 amp when a 10 amp should be used is just puttin more of a risk of frying some wiring, just thought u might wanna know that, on the other hand, im sorry couldnt help ya w/ ur other problem.
Old Jul 20, 2002 | 02:13 PM
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I know little about electrical stuff, but the problem you have seem to be caused by bad/corroded connection or a short somewhere. Basically currents going into places they're not supposed to go, most likely because some wires' insulation have worn off and the wires touched.
Old Jul 20, 2002 | 02:40 PM
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Originally posted by Agamemnon
I know little about electrical stuff, but the problem you have seem to be caused by bad/corroded connection or a short somewhere. Basically currents going into places they're not supposed to go, most likely because some wires' insulation have worn off and the wires touched.
Yea I know im taking a risk with a 15....but a new 10 doesn't even work so I guess i'm taking the risk everyone else with 15 amps are. Although iv'e never heard of any problems and I searched and all I get is your taking a risk. But hey isn't majority of the org taking risk everytime they race their cars??
Old Jul 20, 2002 | 05:43 PM
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umm

Originally posted by smoothmaxima
Yea I know im taking a risk with a 15....but a new 10 doesn't even work so I guess i'm taking the risk everyone else with 15 amps are. Although iv'e never heard of any problems and I searched and all I get is your taking a risk. But hey isn't majority of the org taking risk everytime they race their cars??
not to be a jerk, but even 5 amps is taking a big risk, I used a fuse that was too big because I needed to test something for a few seconds, anyways long story short wires were touched and I fried the wire from the fuse box to the other end, If my brother wasnt an electrician I would have paid out of my as$ to have it fixed.
Old Jul 20, 2002 | 06:24 PM
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Re: umm

Originally posted by N34JZ


not to be a jerk, but even 5 amps is taking a big risk, I used a fuse that was too big because I needed to test something for a few seconds, anyways long story short wires were touched and I fried the wire from the fuse box to the other end, If my brother wasnt an electrician I would have paid out of my as$ to have it fixed.
Well what do you do if it doesn't even work on 10 amp??..Because that's what I was gonna do just use up a lot of 10 amps..but now with my rewire running 21/5w polargs my 10 amp won't even come on..so now what should I do?
Old Jul 20, 2002 | 07:52 PM
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Re: Re: umm

Originally posted by smoothmaxima
Well what do you do if it doesn't even work on 10 amp??..Because that's what I was gonna do just use up a lot of 10 amps..but now with my rewire running 21/5w polargs my 10 amp won't even come on..so now what should I do?
Put it back the way it was and call it a day.
Old Jul 21, 2002 | 02:18 PM
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Put it back the way it was and call it a day.
I'll have a harder time getting it back to the original than doing the rewire . But it's real strnage how running 21/5w won't even work with a 10 amp. Anybody have any reasons why my 10 amp doesn't even work anymore with my rewire??
Old Jul 21, 2002 | 04:45 PM
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Originally posted by smoothmaxima
I'll have a harder time getting it back to the original than doing the rewire . But it's real strnage how running 21/5w won't even work with a 10 amp. Anybody have any reasons why my 10 amp doesn't even work anymore with my rewire??
Hey I just rewired my corners back to stock(what a hassle)..So now I'm back using the safe 10 amps . But do you think if I nub off my 21/5w polargs the 10 amp will handle the bright corners?
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