Need some help with electrical...
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Need some help with electrical... Not sure if this is the right section for this but here it goes...
Ok guys this happend to me a few months back but i just swapped out a new fuse and the problem disappeared...for a while.
What keeps happening is my number 7 fuse (PWR ACCY) keeps blowing. Every time i park the car i have to put a new fuse in. I know i am using the proper fuse. I must have went through 5 or 6 fuses yesterday. Then comes the night time and i noticed i had no tail lamps. I check that fuse (fuse number 5 TAIL LPS) and it too is blown. I replaced that one and so far no problems with that one. What do you guys think is going on?
There is only one odd thing that i notice. When i replace the #7 fuse i notice a blue spark when putting it in and you can also here the spark crackle. Is that normal? It didn't happen when i put in the #5 fuse.
Do i have a short somewhere that would be causing these problems? That seems like a logical explanation to me, but where? Where should i start to look?
Any help is appreciated from anyone. Please i need it because this problem is a real pain in the ***.
-Brian
Ok guys this happend to me a few months back but i just swapped out a new fuse and the problem disappeared...for a while.
What keeps happening is my number 7 fuse (PWR ACCY) keeps blowing. Every time i park the car i have to put a new fuse in. I know i am using the proper fuse. I must have went through 5 or 6 fuses yesterday. Then comes the night time and i noticed i had no tail lamps. I check that fuse (fuse number 5 TAIL LPS) and it too is blown. I replaced that one and so far no problems with that one. What do you guys think is going on?
There is only one odd thing that i notice. When i replace the #7 fuse i notice a blue spark when putting it in and you can also here the spark crackle. Is that normal? It didn't happen when i put in the #5 fuse.
Do i have a short somewhere that would be causing these problems? That seems like a logical explanation to me, but where? Where should i start to look?
Any help is appreciated from anyone. Please i need it because this problem is a real pain in the ***.
-Brian
Yes you have a short. Start with standard short troubleshooting techniques.
You seem to have already narrowed down the circuit. You will have to trace wires on that circuit. A common technique is to unplug or remove loads from that circuit until the problem disappears.
A test light comes in handy for tracing shorts.
You seem to have already narrowed down the circuit. You will have to trace wires on that circuit. A common technique is to unplug or remove loads from that circuit until the problem disappears.
A test light comes in handy for tracing shorts.
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