i just finished wiring up some fog lights for my da.....I ran the main power of the harness straight to the battery....the harness has a relay and a fuse with it, and it keeps blowing the 30 amp fuse...I tried just straight wiring the fuse with a jumper wire and it starting to melt the wire.....everything is wired up right as far as I can tell....all grounds and everything are in place.....I am wondering if I should run the main power to just an accessory or something......i dunno hit me if you guys got any idea....

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by VtAkMn &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">everything is wired up right as far as I can tell....</TD></TR></TABLE>

Clearly, it isn't, or the wiring wouldn't be melting.

Can you explain how you have wired everything up? It sounds as if you have a short somewhere or something is wired incorrectly. I would suggest pulling the wiring, inspecting everything (including the lights), and re-installing.

 

well it turns out I DID have everything wired up correctly according to the INSTRUCTIONS......so changed my wiring from straight to the battery to an accessory source and they work fine now....so......thanks though

 

did u put the fuse back on the line?

 

yeah works great they look sweet.....I don't know why running the power wire straight from the battery was blowing that fuse....hmmm isn't accesory a 12v? I figured it would all be the same......

 

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It is, so something else must have been wrong with the original setup.

 

yup....they're aftermartket so, you know, shitty stuff sometimes....hmmmmi used to never read instructions.....then I decided I should cuz stuff messed up all the time.....now it goes to show you just gotta know a little bout what you're doing

 

what guage wire are you using?
also i would not have wired it straight to the battery i would have found an open accessory port in the fuse block

 

oops it seems u have the problem solved!

well i can tell you why the fuse was blowing.

Fuses are rated in amps. A regular 12v car battery usually carries a couple hundred amps. now your fog lights only use up about 5-10 amps. so running the fog lights straight to the battery would be giving your lights about 400amps. That is why the fuse blew. Fuses are designed to melt when the amount of amps carried in the wire to the accessory becomes potentially dangerous. You are lucky that you did have the fuse in, otherwise your beautiful integra could have went up in flames and nobody wants that. If you have anymore questions on the subject you can e-mail me at Gamehero1@aol.com.

ALSO- NEVER CONNECT A JUMPER UNLESS YOU ARE POSITIVE THAT YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DEALING WITH

 

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The accessory source is 50amp fused from the fuse block next to the battery.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by in9teg2ra &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">oops it seems u have the problem solved!

well i can tell you why the fuse was blowing.

Fuses are rated in amps. A regular 12v car battery usually carries a couple hundred amps. now your fog lights only use up about 5-10 amps. so running the fog lights straight to the battery would be giving your lights about 400amps. That is why the fuse blew. Fuses are designed to melt when the amount of amps carried in the wire to the accessory becomes potentially dangerous. You are lucky that you did have the fuse in, otherwise your beautiful integra could have went up in flames and nobody wants that. If you have anymore questions on the subject you can e-mail me at Gamehero1@aol.com.</TD></TR></TABLE>

After reading this, I don't think you should be giving out any more assistance to members regarding electrical wiring. I'm sure that you have very good intentions, but your information is simply incorrect. Suffice it to say your theory of why the fuses were blowing is wholly incorrect.

 

your wrong.

im right.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by in9teg2ra &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">your wrong.

im right.</TD></TR></TABLE>

If that's what you want to believe, so be it. However, members come here for accurate information, which your post did not provide. I didn't intend my reply to be derogatory towards you in any way, I just wanted other members to have correct information.

 

when you find the information that will prove that i am wrong i will respect your alligation.

 

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It isn't an "allegation", it is basic scientific fact. Do a bit of Google searching and you'll realize you're mistaken. The amount of current (amps) flowing through the circuit is determined by the load (in this case the fog lamps drawing roughly 12 amps), not the electricity source itself. Even if the battery were rated at twice or ten times the amperage you stated, the fog lamp wiring would still only contain the amperage being drawn by the bulbs.