Okay, I am blowing random fuses for some reason... but I am not doing anything out of the ordinary. One of the huge fuses that cost $2.50 a piece blew that was for my stereo, so I think that one may be related to my amp... but I am often blowing fuses without the stereo even being hooked up. If someone knows their electrical work, it would be great to get some feedback about solving this problem. I am sick of being in the dark when I least expect it. GRRR.

 

obviously, you have a short somewhere. there is no easy answer here, you just have to get a multimeter and chase it down.

only possible easy trick is this:

park your car somewhere where it is very dark...get out, kneel down and howl like a wolf 3 times......ok just joking... park it in the dark and let it idle, then look all around in the car and under the hood for electrical sparking...sometimes you can find shorts this way.

pat

 

Fuses blow to short circuits (i.e. "hot" +12VDC short to ground usually) or current overload.

Electrical problems are a royal pain in the *** to troubleshoot.
If you can't do it yourself, pay someone else or a shop to take care of it.

I'd remove all the stereo stuff (and other crap you installed), and see if that fixes the blowing fuses.


-Ted

 

Yeah, I am guessing it is the ghetto job someone did when they installed the stereo before I ever got the car... plus I have a few "friends" who installed stuff on the car for me, like neons and the security system... so yeah. Friends suck. haha... anyway, my dad is an electrician, thank God, so maybe I can lasso him down to do stuff for me on the car. I had posted here hoping I would be able to do it myself, but I think I might end up like Tim Allen and blow the car up.

 

Get the wiring schematics out of the FSM online for the particular fuses/systems that are giving you problems, they will help immensely in tracking down the bad guy.

Also, if you've added components to an existing circuit (neon lights, for instance), the added normal current draw may be enough to blow the fuse. In this case, you'll need to make a new circuit with new dedicated wiring instead of just using a larger fuse in the existing circuit...