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Old Dec 3, 2004 | 01:42 PM
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Quick question on foglight fuse

I apparently blew my foglight fuse. Is there a certain size or kind i should look for in the autostore. Thanks.
Old Dec 3, 2004 | 03:51 PM
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Just take the old one out and you'll know what you need.
Old Dec 3, 2004 | 03:53 PM
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Its probably one of those mini fuses, if you dont wanna take it out, buy a pack of assorted ones.
Old Dec 3, 2004 | 03:57 PM
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Thanks guys, i grabbed some from the store. But i'm having a problem. The new fuse keeps blowing on me. I did install a new foglight bulb about a week ago and it worked fine for a couple of days than the old fuse blew. The H3 bulb is just a regular autostore bulb, 55W. What should i look at? I keep blowing these fuses and i'm running out.
Old Dec 3, 2004 | 04:01 PM
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The fuse shouldn't keep blowing, check for some frayed wiring. In order to see which fog light it might be, unplug both. Put the fuse in. Now plug them in one by one and see which one blows the fuse. That'll help you narrow your search for the wiring if it's that.
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I've blown out fuses even with stock wattage blue ricer bulbs. I dont know what type of bulbs you have.. if they are the blueish ones or stock halogen ones but if they are the rice bulbs take them off, thats whats causing the fuses to blow.
Old Dec 3, 2004 | 04:28 PM
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IBOK i will try that. I'm pretty sure it has to do something with the one foglight bulb i changed last week. Its the only one i touched. I replaced it with autostore regular bulb, 55w. Just a plain jane h3 bulb. Maybe a wire is exposed when i changed out the bulb or something hmm...
Old Dec 3, 2004 | 04:40 PM
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Just check the wiring on that one fog then, you can even test the bulb out of the housing by having it plugged in and touch it's body to ground.

Just be sure not to be touching the glass as it's bad for the bulb and it'll burn your finger quickly.

Maybe the bulbs wire is pinched when you re-assembled the foglight.
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