N1NjA TuRtLE

My foglights is acting weird on me. I barely had it for 2 weeks and it recently burned out, i had PIAA ion crystal bulbs as well.. . The problem i have is that the reason why the fogs don't work because everytime i would change a new fuse to the switch harness and turn on my fogs the first time, the fuse would burn right away. Does anyone know how or why it does that? and how i can fix it? The fuse burns everytime i replace a new fuse in the switch harness, and i went through at least 5 fuses today, trying different ones from 10 to 15, to 20, to 25 watts or whatever.

N1NjA TuRtLE

anyone?

N1NjA TuRtLE

crx_91si

check the wiring...sounds like one of your wires is touching bare metal and shorting them out

mike

JDMlyfestyle

sounds like your over rating the fuses. which could completely short out the wires. or you have a bare wire grounding out.

N1NjA TuRtLE

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JDMlyfestyle &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">sounds like your over rating the fuses. which could completely short out the wires. or you have a bare wire grounding out. </TD></TR></TABLE>.


what fuses should i use then? yellow 20? What else can be wrong...

JDMlyfestyle

shouldnt be any more than a 10 amp fuse

XiiiXiii

yeah it sounds like a short. Be sure to use the right rated fuse too. You don't want to go lower than original because it will pop due to the lights requiring a larger load. Going higher on the fuse will get it to work, however you're break off point (when the fuse pops) is higher than intended. In otherwords you risk pumping too much current into the lights.

If you want to test for a short, put a larger # fuse in there. If it pops it, then very good chances you have a short in your system. Backtrack all the wireing and make sure nothing got messed up.

N1NjA TuRtLE

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JDMlyfestyle &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">shouldnt be any more than a 10 amp fuse</TD></TR></TABLE>


But, the thing is, the car was using 20 daily, and the fogs would work for about 2 weeks, why, all of a sudden when replacing so many fuses, it is so quick to burn up?

N1NjA TuRtLE

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by XiiiXiii &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yeah it sounds like a short. Be sure to use the right rated fuse too. You don't want to go lower than original because it will pop due to the lights requiring a larger load. Going higher on the fuse will get it to work, however you're break off point (when the fuse pops) is higher than intended. In otherwords you risk pumping too much current into the lights.

If you want to test for a short, put a larger # fuse in there. If it pops it, then very good chances you have a short in your system. Backtrack all the wireing and make sure nothing got messed up.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I tried, 25,20, 15, and they all blew....but when i first installed it, it was using 20 the whole time and would work like normal....confusing....

N1NjA TuRtLE

so should i take out my bumper and everything, and back track to see if anything went wrong....grrrr

ablack934doorcivic

it has to be a bare wire somewhere

JDMlyfestyle

hmm that 20 amp fuse being on there for a while could have damaged some wires. overloading it. cause you dont need a 20 amp fuse in there unless ur running like 150W bulbs

XiiiXiii

yeah, start backtracking your wires. You have to have a short somewhere. Maybe something got chaffed and exposed.

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