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Old Jul 18, 2005 | 08:29 PM
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I have a 91 Accord SE and i installed a pair of Silverstar Headlights and they kept blowing the intstrument cluster lights and taillights. So i replaced the fuse and immediately blew the fuse again. So i took the Silverstars back and put the stock ones back in. Problem solved right?!?....Wrong. They are still blowing. I thought the Silverstars were too much wattage so i just put the stock ones back in. I'm at a loss here all i did was disconnect the plug and plug the old/new ones back in. Didn't mess with any of the wires really. It didn't do this before i switched to the Silverstars...Anyone have any idea what could be wrong?? Thanks

Tyler
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Old Jul 18, 2005 | 08:50 PM
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sounds like you got a dead short ,,you need to trace the wires to see where short is at , start unplugging components that the fuse controls to eliminate them till you find problem .. i would start close to where you did your work first
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Old Jul 19, 2005 | 12:25 AM
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Default Re: Keep blowing taillight fuse (deserthonda)

yup, you have a bare wire grounding somewhere? have you done and wiring lately? just like deserthonda said, i would start tracing wires
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Old Jul 19, 2005 | 02:24 PM
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nope haven't done any wiring or really messed with the wires at all...i replaced the fuel filter and that was really only area wires were but i didn't disconnect any...and when i changed the bulbs all i did was unplug twisted the retaining ring and put new bulb in..no messing with wires...cuz i'm to car smart about wiring and stuff
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