... ok.. i was adding LED strips on the back of my license plate and i guess the two wires for the bulb accidently touched each other and "i think"... burnt a fuse. this is where the problem starts... when i flick on my lights... only my headlamps turn on. my interior dash lights do not turn on at all and my tail lights also do not turn but my brakes lights turn on. i checked the fusebox and checked each and every one of the fuse and none looked like it was burnt. the only ones that i did not check were the dimmer and light relay which i think is the source of the problem...

if anyone has suggestions or ideas... its welcome ?

 

just because the may not look burnt out doesnt necessarily mean they are fine

 

hmm.. then would you happen to know which one would relay to back tail light and interior dashboard light. (im talking all the gauges... and the light dimmer does not work)... shucks for me.. hopefully it aint an expensive job.,..

 

Check your fuses again until you find the one that blew...

 

should be on the cover of the fuse box

 

so you guys all agree then its the fuse box right ? cause i heard from someone that it can be something else. ive been thinking it has to be the fuse as well

 

when you cross wires it protects itself by blowing a fuse. what else could it be

 

but the whole interior dash and the tail light too ? "is the world that merciless" ignore the pun...

 

fuses. Either you blow a fuse or your car would catch fire, and assuming your car didnt burn to a crisp, you blew a fues somewhere.

 

all those lights are on the same circuit/fuse anyways are they not? one fuse probably blew.

Next time your working on electrical remove the negative from battery than you don't have to worry about this happening again.

ESA states your never to work on live circuits . (period)
For your protection and for your car's in this particular case. Half of all people's electrical problems would be prevented if they disconneced the battery.

When you made a dead short did you hear anything like a pop or a spark?

Hopefully the fuse blew before any wires fried and created an open circuit or else your s.o.o.l.

 

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They're all on the same circuit dude, think about it, they all turn on at once when you flick on the lights at night.

 

i hope the fuse blew before i fryed any of the wires because if i did fry any of the wires.... damn im going to cry... why is the reality so merciless.

 

Those fuses are set to blow before anything else in the circuit. You should be fine.

 

thanks a lot. you guys were right!! found the problem and is now fixed. will post up pics of LED light once im done.. could take a while though... if you like PM me

 

 

ok, so i got the mod done... the one that caused a short in the fuse and made me write this topic in the first place. anyways detailed pics will be posted shortly in due time with guidelines on how to do it. if you guys have any questions, just pm me or post... anyways thanks for the fast response!!