keeps blowin fuse
03-28-2008, 10:39 PM
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Re: keeps blowin fuse
My friends bumper would move from his charge piping hitting it and would somehow cause the fogs to ground out. He removed the charge piping and drove the car around for about a 30min. session and discovered this.
I forget what he did though to fix it.
I forget what he did though to fix it.
03-29-2008, 10:40 PM
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Re: keeps blowin fuse
Well I think I figured it out!!! A friend and I messed with the foglights 2night and its in the switch. Im gonna have to find a factory switch and wire it in to the aftermarket harness.
03-31-2008, 09:32 AM
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Re: keeps blowin fuse
How is the switch capable of passing enough current to ground that you're blowing the inline fuse on the relay's switched output? That switch, assuming its wired correctly, doesn't actually have a path a ground anywhere, because its just inline with a 12V wire. Plus, the relay coil should draw less than a 1/4 amp when its switched on.
Something sounds like its wired wrong..
Why is there a ground wire on the switch, are you using a cheap junky illuminated switch?
Something sounds like its wired wrong..
Why is there a ground wire on the switch, are you using a cheap junky illuminated switch?
04-01-2008, 10:13 PM
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I recently changed my EG foglights to EK/EJ foglights on my 92 VX. They worked fine for a week then it rained and the relay got wet and fried! I replaced the relay with a new one and now the 30amp inline fuse keeps blowin everytime I start the car and turn them on. Sumtimes I dont have to start the car it will just blow after a couple of min. while Im double checkin everything and puttin stuff back 2gether. I have checked all the wiring no bare wire or arcin anywhere. checked my ground and moved my ground everything Ive checked and rechecked looks good and is the way its supposed to be!!! Can any1 shed any light on the subject Im so confused. And no I have to old lights anymore! What would happen if I just did away with inline fuse? Probley fry the new relay?!
04-01-2008, 11:32 PM
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Re: keeps blowin fuse
correct. if this does not work try swapping the relay. relays do come bad from the factory. if you have the ebay foglight kit , ask around on this board everyone has problems with the relays. when i had my si hatch i also had problems with the fuses/relays. i just went to auto zone and bought a new assembly and had no more problems. ebay uses the cheapest relays possible.
04-02-2008, 07:36 AM
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Re: keeps blowin fuse
correct. if this does not work try swapping the relay. relays do come bad from the factory. if you have the ebay foglight kit , ask around on this board everyone has problems with the relays. when i had my si hatch i also had problems with the fuses/relays. i just went to auto zone and bought a new assembly and had no more problems. ebay uses the cheapest relays possible.
do you know the basics behind a relay?
04-02-2008, 02:20 PM
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Re: keeps blowin fuse
correct. if this does not work try swapping the relay. relays do come bad from the factory. if you have the ebay foglight kit , ask around on this board everyone has problems with the relays. when i had my si hatch i also had problems with the fuses/relays. i just went to auto zone and bought a new assembly and had no more problems. ebay uses the cheapest relays possible.