blowing fuses

[ef-civic]

hey guys my car was stripped by panel beater today ready for paint. he cut on of the wires from brake light in spoiler and we un-plugged all other plugs we needed to. now we plugged em all in except for the one he cut. now i keep blowing fuses. the one that is for rear lights and cluster lights. what could it be ?

[na-118]

short circuit,

[ef-civic]

yeah ive figured that. but like i put another one in. its a 10amp one. i put 15 in cause all i had. then a 20. and they all blew. do i need to put a 10 in ?

[na-118]

you put what ever fuse its meant to be in there, can't put bigger ones if its not going to compensate for it

[ef-civic]

what could be the reason for blowing fuse in first place though ?

[geeang]

Like he said the first time round, there is a short circuit somewhere in your car.

Or you could try and just rewire the wire your mechanic cut.

[riruiz_88]

hey matt, my guess is the cable you said he cut (active) is touching your ground/chassis. DO NOT use a higher amperage fuse, as you WILL melt the insulation on that circuit you have put the higher rated fuse into. im pretty sure that fuse protects other circuits.

just crimp/solder a join to the cable he cut. if you do solder make sure you either put heat shrink or electrical tape to insulate the copper cable.

[na-118]

yes which is short cicuit, like i said in the first place but he obviously knows it was a short curcuit, its casued by a live wire touching somehwere against the chasis, or another metal contact of the vehicle

[ef-civic]

found problem. at first it was the wire touching body. i re-wired light still doing it. then i dis-connected the power cable and it started working fine again. think maybe my wiring is farked in my duck bill brake light