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Old Jun 26, 2005 | 02:37 PM
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Fogs keep blowing fuse URRRRR

OK heres the deal, I check my fogs after a while and saw that the fuse had blown ok. I changed the fuse and the fogs still wouldnt turn on. I checked the fuse and the fuse is blown again. So i jack up the car and check the bulbs they are good. checked the conections and they are good. Now i check the relay and see maybe the relay is bad its fine replaced it with three different relays and its good. checked in teh fuse box and its giving a ground reading from the side where the fogs get the power. Now i dont know what to do. I know i didnt crimp a wire down by accident or ground out that wire inspecific. Im not sure what to do now. ANyone have any ideas?????
Old Jun 26, 2005 | 03:03 PM
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Are you using 55w fog bulbs? If you are using too high of a wattage that might be the cause.
Old Jun 26, 2005 | 03:09 PM
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55w im very very good with electronics but im at a lose here man
Old Jun 26, 2005 | 05:12 PM
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I came across a thread a while back that stated that someone was experiencing the same problem. The guy was crazy with calculating the current draw in the system and everything and was orginally stumped as you are. However he found that his upgraded setup was actually drawing something like 7.9 amps or something like that. If I read it correctly, the factory fuse was only rated at 7.5, which was causing it to blow every now and then. Sorry I don't have search capabilities or I would grab the thread for you but a little bit of poor man searching never hurt anyone. Good luck!
Old Jun 27, 2005 | 03:07 PM
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i had that problem a couple of weeks ago. it turn out that when i was done putting the bulb in the white wire stripped and was blowing my fuses.
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