Fuses keep blowing, any ideas?

Hey guys:

Since I got my hatch I have noticed that a lot of the little things inside don't work. The dome light, the seatbelt "beep," and a lot of the interior lights. Thinking that fuses may be the problem, I checked out most of them and found a 15a fuse that was blown. When I tried putting in a replacement fuse, there was a bright blue spark and the new fuse was blown. Any ideas? I really don't have a clue.

Thanks in advance.

i keep getting this too, its the fuse for the lighter, dome light, clock and i think the door buzzer too, not sure, i think it might be wires touching a ground spot. i havent searched mine out yet. i think its probably my clock wires tho, if so i'm takin them out cuz I dont need the clock. thats what my CD decks for haha :D but yea see if those wires are grounding anywhere first.
if u find out what it is lemme know for sure man cuz i want my dome light to work haha

you have a dead short, what spot in the fuse box is it, look on the back of the fuse door. what is it's designation?

I'm having a similar problem with my civic.

I have an old alpine stereo in the car, it's the one where the whole deck pulls out of the dash (before they had the detachable face plates).

Anyhow, if I have the deck in (and not turned on) and go to turn on the cars head lights the fuse for the dash lights blow.

If I change the fuse and pull the deck out, it doesnt blow. It's a minor thing but its a pain in the butt to have to remove the stereo at night time so I can have dashlights.

One day I'll get around to either ripping it apart and trying to wire it correctly or just getting a new deck installed (I presume the place would install it correctly and not follow the same setup?)

I don't think the deck has constant power either because when the car is off the deck loses it's presets.

I'm tempted to put a 15 fuse in the place of a 10 to see if it works but I have really bad luck and well you know how things go :)

This is my first car so forgive me if I overstep myself, but when you replaced the fuse, did you have the car running? If so, try shutting it off and changing it.

Good luck!

Joey.

Whew, you guys are fast! :) Yea, my dad suggested that it may be a short circuit somewhere, but like 1PhatCX said, it is that one fuse that keeps popping like that. Since I have the original radio as well, I can't see any of the readings on that. I'll try looking tomorrow morning when there is more light and I will try to find any unusual wiring.

Thanks for your help everyone :)

Originally posted by EPS Sniper
Whew, you guys are fast! :) Yea, my dad suggested that it may be a short circuit somewhere, but like 1PhatCX said, it is that one fuse that keeps popping like that. Since I have the original radio as well, I can't see any of the readings on that. I'll try looking tomorrow morning when there is more light and I will try to find any unusual wiring.

Thanks for your help everyone :)

np dude, any time, thats what we're here for :D well... i'm here 2 whore and help... mostly whore :D lol
let us know what it was tho cuz i need 2 fix mine hehe :D

i had a problem like that with another car of mine, the pwr window circuit breaker kept trippin, turned out a wire was rubbing on teh metal body and the isolation got stripped off, so it was grounded, that kept tripping the fuse

Originally posted by civickiller
i had a problem like that with another car of mine, the pwr window circuit breaker kept trippin, turned out a wire was rubbing on teh metal body and the isolation got stripped off, so it was grounded, that kept tripping the fuse

thats just what I was gonna say. check all of the wires that the fuse is blowing on and look for a ground.