Re: Fuse problem need help !

["Ewan Hopkins" <ewanhopkins@hotmail.com>]

Upping the fuse rating will only mask the symptoms - 10amps should be more 
than enough: if it's only running two bulbs, you're talking 50W or less, 
max.
Could be tracking to ground due to corrosion, either in the relay/fuse plate 
or in the bulbholder assembly.  If you have a multimeter you could check 
resistance to ground at the fuse contact. If there's no resistance or very 
low, you've got a short. Does it blow immediately? If not, maybe it's an 
intermittant short - one of the wires at the back of the relay plate or 
broken sleeving.
I'd check the state of the bulbholder assembly & the wiring in the boot 
(trunk) before delving into the relay plate wiring!



Ewan Hopkins...

'85 Storm 2.0
'86 GT 1.8


>From: XXSpArCoXx@aol.com
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Fuse problem need help !
>Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2000 11:28:35 EDT
>
>     Damn fuse! OK out of nowhere my car is starting to eat up the number 8
>fuse. Thats the one for the right side lights and tail lights. No real big
>deal cause the brake lights still work just fine. So I'm not to worried of
>getting hit when breaking and the signals work so people can see me change
>lanes. Just the car looks like a gimp with only half the parking and city
>lights working.
>
>     Now other then splicing a set of city lights to the blinker, the 
>wiring
>has been left alone. The city lights have been in for a good 3 or 4 years
>now. Now out of nowhere the fuse started popping! Now where and what should 
>I
>look for that can cause the fuse to pop? Could I use a 15 amp Vs the 10 amp
>without frying my fuse box?
>
>Why me? Why do I get all the stupid problems?
>
>Thanks
>later
>~Danny~
>
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