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Sean
| | Posted on Friday, November 15, 2002 - 03:29 am: | 
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Stupid Question
My dash lights and rear driving lites were blowing 20 fuses all the time. Like as soon as I put them in. So anyhow I put a 25 in the box under the hood. I was wondering if this was alright and was it gonna hurt anything.
Thanx
Sean |
gordon sitts (Gsitts)
| | Posted on Friday, November 15, 2002 - 04:49 am: |
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Usually increasing the fuse size to fix the problem causes more damage... even a fire. I wouldn't go higher than the fuse specified by LR unless I had added something to that circuit and knew exactly how much I needed to increase the fuse size and then only after deciding if the wire was rated for the addition. Summarizing
Don't do it.
Hope this helps
Gordon |
muskyman
| | Posted on Friday, November 15, 2002 - 09:11 am: |
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you have a short that most likely is due to contamination.
do you have a early d1?
if so check all the sockets in the rear bumper to make sure the ground on the socket inserts are clean. |
Sean
| | Posted on Friday, November 15, 2002 - 12:02 pm: |
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Yes I have a early D1. Is this a common occurance.. Where exactly is the ground in the rear. Around the driving lights themselves.. I have no clue about electrical.
Thanx
Sean
Also, is it ok to leave the 25 in for a couple of days.. |
muskyman
| | Posted on Friday, November 15, 2002 - 12:09 pm: |
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each socket has its own ground they are accessed from under and behind the bumper
in chicago they dump so much salt on the roads I had one of the grounds fail due to corosion .
I'm not a big fan of oversized fuses, and in a truck with lucas looking over your shoulder I'd find the short soon...it might just be a coroded socket. |
Eric Pena (Evalp)
| | Posted on Friday, November 15, 2002 - 08:00 pm: |
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Putting a larger fuse is never recommended. I would try to figure out the problem! |
Dana G
| | Posted on Friday, November 15, 2002 - 09:03 pm: |
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Sean,
Do you have fog lights? They are on the same circuit as the rear lights and the dash lights in a D 1. If one of the fog lights is blown, it will blow the fuse whenever you try to turn them on. After troublshooting this one I discovered that the fog lights are over $100 each, ouch. Figure no point in replacing them as they'll disappear as soon as I get my ARB up front 
As far as bigger fuses goes, I have to concur with everyone else....bad idea, wouldn't reccomend it unless we were talking a temporary emergency solution. |
Don
| | Posted on Friday, November 15, 2002 - 09:03 pm: |
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if you have front fog lights they are probally your problem(they also go to that fuse).go behind each headlight and unplug the 2 wire connectors,they are your fog lights.put the right fuse back in and plug one in at a time until fuse blows.if you do not have them anthor commom short is the glove box light...hope this helps. |
Chase Fancher (Roverboy)
| | Posted on Saturday, November 16, 2002 - 02:20 am: |
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I dont know if the problem has been solved...
-BUT-
I found out the hard way that my shorting of the dash and rear lights was being cause by the light bulb in my glove box..
Apparently it had fallen out and was grounding around the metal in there somewhere.
Check the glove box...make sure the light isnt hanging out
-Chase
97 disco |
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