Elec help Blowing Fuses

[maddzz1]

About 6 weeks ago I added the kick panel lights and a clock about a month before that I did the B pillar lights from taz's thread. Then last week I got in my truck and noticed that my clock no longer worked. Just tonight i noticed that my interior lights and glove box light are out also.

The 10amp dome fuse was blown. I took the 10amp acc fuse and put it in the dome slot. The lights came on for a second and the fuse blew again.

I am assuming I have a short somewhere. How do I fix it? Could one of the kick panel lights or clock be causing this?

[MiNi Beast]

Try to track down the short. But did you try putting a bigger fuse in to see if that works? If you are running more off that power source you coulc just be overloading the fuse, try a 25 amp or so.

[JeepcoMJ]

Try to track down the short. But did you try putting a bigger fuse in to see if that works? If you are running more off that power source you coulc just be overloading the fuse, try a 25 amp or so.

 

upping a fuse is NEVER the solution.

 

NEVER EVER

 

the factory has figured out what that part of the wiring needs for a fuse. whatever electronics it's powering may only be able to take so much, the wires may be very small, higher gauge wires.

 

any way you go about it, putting higher amp fuses in place of lower ones as a "fix" is a very bad idea.

 

just my $.02

[MiNi Beast]

Try to track down the short. But did you try putting a bigger fuse in to see if that works? If you are running more off that power source you coulc just be overloading the fuse, try a 25 amp or so.

 

upping a fuse is NEVER the solution.

 

NEVER EVER

 

the factory has figured out what that part of the wiring needs for a fuse. whatever electronics it's powering may only be able to take so much, the wires may be very small, higher gauge wires.

 

any way you go about it, putting higher amp fuses in place of lower ones as a "fix" is a very bad idea.

 

just my $.02

 

:nuts: Sorry forgot not everyone has common sense.

Yeah was not saying for a fix, just to test it to see if it actually is shorting out somewhere or if it was just to much power draw on the line fuse. If it don't blow with the bigger fuse than that means you have to much power draw for that circuit and can melt the factory wires and potentially cause a fire. Then would need to run a separate circuit for which ever thing you added.

[maddzz1]

Try to track down the short. But did you try putting a bigger fuse in to see if that works? If you are running more off that power source you coulc just be overloading the fuse, try a 25 amp or so.

 

upping a fuse is NEVER the solution.

 

NEVER EVER

 

the factory has figured out what that part of the wiring needs for a fuse. whatever electronics it's powering may only be able to take so much, the wires may be very small, higher gauge wires.

 

any way you go about it, putting higher amp fuses in place of lower ones as a "fix" is a very bad idea.

 

just my $.02

 

Thats what I thought.

 

But I tried it anyway to see what would happen (don't worry i will take them back out). With a 20amp in the dome slot the lights are back on.

 

here's the strange part: The clock runs off a different slot. The clock slot had a good 10amp in it but the clock wasnt working. But when i put a 20amp in the clock slot it came back on. I took the 20amp out and put another good 10amp in and the clock stopped working again.

[maddzz1]

Try to track down the short. But did you try putting a bigger fuse in to see if that works? If you are running more off that power source you coulc just be overloading the fuse, try a 25 amp or so.

 

upping a fuse is NEVER the solution.

 

NEVER EVER

 

the factory has figured out what that part of the wiring needs for a fuse. whatever electronics it's powering may only be able to take so much, the wires may be very small, higher gauge wires.

 

any way you go about it, putting higher amp fuses in place of lower ones as a "fix" is a very bad idea.

 

just my $.02

 

:nuts: Sorry forgot not everyone has common sense.

Yeah was not saying for a fix, just to test it to see if it actually is shorting out somewhere or if it was just to much power draw on the line fuse. If it don't blow with the bigger fuse than that means you have to much power draw for that circuit and can melt the factory wires and potentially cause a fire. Then would need to run a separate circuit for which ever thing you added.

 

If it was too much power draw, would it have worked for 5 weeks before blowing? I didnt really add anything. I changed the factory B pillar lights to the ones taz used and I put the XJ kick panel lights in but the truck is wired for them.

[HOrnbrod]

JeepCo is correct, never add a higher amp fuse for troubleshooting purposes, or you run the risk of burning the sometimes inadequate stock wiring up before the fuse blows. However, the clock has it's own fuse that is fed from the main interior lights fuse. The clock is a delicate solid state device, thus is double fused. My guess is that since you have added additional under dash lights, + installing the the cheap aftermarket pillar lights is causing more current draw than the original 10A fuse can handle. Pull the 20A and substitute a 12A or 15A fuse in it's place. If the 12 or 15 amper does not blow, I think you will be golden.

[maddzz1]

Thanks all. Hornbrod, The clock being on the "double" fuse explains alot. I put a 10amp back in the clock slot and a 15amp in the dome slot and all seems good.