dash lights and tail lights go out keeps blowing fuse

[atv087]

i already disconnected one at a time and drove it each time and none of them blew a fuse. i put a 20amp fuse in there instead of the 15amp and it works fine but im worried about it melting wires or something

[inafogg]

just reading along & no your not crazy i dont think he understood the drive the car after disconnect of ea. circuit part

[atv087]

thank you. Btw the car was rear ended last summer and the replaced the licence plates lights but would they cause this problem so far down the road. The only socket that was melted or even damaged was for the 3rd light and i retraced all the wires and none of them are split or damaged at all. Unless it doesn't have enough room to hit any metal in the trunk until im moving and then has a hairline split in it just enough to cause the fuse to blow. but im thinking thats rather unlikely

[atv087]

fixed it turned out that one of the bulbs was broken internally and shorting everything out.

THANK YOU