Fuse? HELP!

[TheSlowAndTheSerious]

Rewired my fog lights to my corner lights on Saturday. Worked completely fine till today. Corner lights, tail lights, and license plate stopped working. My turn signals (front and back) work fine, along with my reverse and brake lights. Can this be a fuse? If so which fuse is it?

 

[TheSlowAndTheSerious]

Well fuse #34 was the culprit. It's a 7.5 I threw a 15 on now. Hopefully it doesn't blow this one

Edit: I'm going to switch it for a 10 amp fuse just to be on the safe side, or will I still be at risk of burning a wire?

 

[Monk]

Well fuse #34 was the culprit. It's a 7.5 I threw a 15 on now. Hopefully it doesn't blow this one

Edit: I'm going to switch it for a 10 amp fuse just to be on the safe side, or will I still be at risk of burning a wire?

What you need to do is put the right size on, or you could fink something up.
It blow for a reason, and that needs to be addressed.

 

[Pauly99to17]

Well fuse #34 was the culprit. It's a 7.5 I threw a 15 on now. Hopefully it doesn't blow this one

Edit: I'm going to switch it for a 10 amp fuse just to be on the safe side, or will I still be at risk of burning a wire?

You should be fine with a 15. No worries. I have a 20 on mine.

 

[TheSlowAndTheSerious]

Yeah my friend had the same issue and put a 10 amp fuse and it's been working perfectly

 

[TheSlowAndTheSerious]

You should be fine with a 15. No worries. I have a 20 on mine.

How long have you had the 20amp fuse in for?

 

[Brandt]

I agree with monk, if you're blowin fuses, that usually indicates a short somewhere, which should be addressed immediately imo. If you just get a bigger amp fuse, then you could risk wire burn. I once had a friend in a situation such as this and he put a bigger amp fuse in against my advice, three days later while we were just standing next to his car, thick white smoke began to billow out from under his hood and a wire had actually caught his hood insulation on fire.

Just sayin, I have seen this happen more than once, and I would hate to see another horror story come from a fellow 9th, so better safe than sorry imo

 

[Pauly99to17]

How long have you had the 20amp fuse in for?

About a year.

 

[Monk]

Maybe just hard wire the car and bypass the fuses all together?

 

[TheSlowAndTheSerious]

Yeah after talking with @AlienPrime I really don't want to risk it, going Friday to some place by my house that does electrical work to get it done the right way.

 

[AlienPrime]

You should be fine with a 15. No worries. I have a 20 on mine.

he isn't running it the same way you are pauly.

He is sourcing power from corner lights to LED. the one you have is wired to battery and uses control from corners for switching am i right?

The corner lights are like #20awg and definitely too small to carry 10A+ to fogs inrush...

 

[AlienPrime]

Rewired my fog lights to my corner lights on Saturday. Worked completely fine till today.....

thank goodness you didn't have a bigger fuse because the wire gauge is too small and you'd have melted factory wiring.

Ask @ADExternal for a second opinion, you'll see :P

 

[TheSlowAndTheSerious]

I feel like such a noob for doing this lol

 

[AlienPrime]

 

[AlienPrime]

I feel like such a noob for doing this lol

no worries, just looking out for you Don't want you to have an mini electrical fire or anything :/

 

[AlienPrime]

FOR REFERENCE SAKE:
Honda OEM safety put 28w corner bulbs in each corner.
28w/12v = 2.3A

Thats 2.3A on a #20 wire. Not the potential 10A+ you're using on inrush current