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HELP: When i turn on the wipers, the 20 AMP Fuse keeps blowing!!

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Old Dec 30, 2006 | 04:39 PM
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Default HELP: When i turn on the wipers, the 20 AMP Fuse keeps blowing!!

like the title says it, on my 92 Si Hatch,

if i turn my wipers on they sweep lets say one cycle, up then down...then dont move anymore and i check my fuse..and everytime its burned..so i though aww maybe the motor is pulling too much juice..so i changed it...same dam thing happens again...so i tampered with the switch...it was all guuiie so i cleaned off the connectors a little...plugged everything back in...gave it a go...same DAM thing again...

i give up i dont know what the problem is...maybe the switch is fucked?? its the only thing i didnt try replacing...but a side from that..what could it be?
they were working fine...and then one day bam!

HElp please
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Old Dec 30, 2006 | 05:15 PM
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u probably have a short to ground somewhere in the circuit...u might want to get a wireing diagram for the wiper circuit and start from there
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Old Dec 30, 2006 | 05:41 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ekb16 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">u probably have a short to ground somewhere in the circuit...u might want to get a wireing diagram for the wiper circuit and start from there</TD></TR></TABLE>

you also could have a switch that is shorting to ground. what it sounds like is that switch is getting hot and blowing the fuse. posible switch because if it was a direct short to ground the fuse would blow instantly when you put it in. i would go after the switch next.
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Old Dec 30, 2006 | 07:16 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ekb16 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">u probably have a short to ground somewhere in the circuit...u might want to get a wireing diagram for the wiper circuit and start from there</TD></TR></TABLE>
anyone have a link to where i could get that?
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by onephatcivic98 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

you also could have a switch that is shorting to ground. what it sounds like is that switch is getting hot and blowing the fuse. posible switch because if it was a direct short to ground the fuse would blow instantly when you put it in. i would go after the switch next.</TD></TR></TABLE> its funny you mention that, because i had an extremely bad burning smel in my car a few weeks ago right before that happended...so maybe i fried my switch? ill def try to switch that out and figure the problem out
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Old Dec 31, 2006 | 05:48 PM
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is there a relay for the wipers or is it

motor-----switch---ground

??
thanks
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Old Jan 2, 2007 | 09:45 PM
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FOUND THE PROBLEM

that burnt smell, turns out it was the REAR wiper motor that went to ****...
it struck me whyle i was fiddling with the wires...so i unplugged the motor simply and voila problem solved!! hope this helps for futur reference
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