Gauge light fuse keep burning ?

[Killa]

Hi my gauge fuse and back light keep burning it ( my headlight still work ). Its use 15amp fuse, then I put in a 30amp fuse, and it still burn ( it work for about 1 mile then it burn off ), I think this happent after I install the radio, I just take the radio out then put in another 30amp fuse, turn on the headlight, all the light is work but I saw smoke coming out the fuse I just put in ( I think it about to burn too ), any ideal ? thanks

[Killa]

I take my radio off, and it still blow the fuse ? any ideal ? thanks

[smoke121212]

i heard of something similar, it the relay switch, dont know which one sorry.

[Sleepr awd]

yes, the reason a fuse is there is to keep your wires from drawing too much current. the reason you keep burning them is most likely because you have grounded one of your wires. now, whenever you turn your car on, it free-flows current, hence drawing too much current. an excessive amount of current will overheat your wires, and cause more of them to short out.

i'd advise against using any amp fuse over one size bigger than the one it came with from the factory.

what you need to do is either:

find the wire that is shorting out.

or re-wire the whole thing to ensure it isnt' going to happen again.

i'm not saying it is for sure your problem, but if it happened after you changed something, then go back and change back whatever you broke.

[Killa]

I really dont know which wire is shorting it out. I did every thing back to normal, put back the factory radio or take it out, and it still blow fuse. im even use 30amp fuse instead 15amp fuse, it take some time before it blow, I saw smoke coming out of it, then I take it out and the fuse is really hot. I really dont know any option.

[smoke121212]

if there was smoke coming out of it in my car i would definantly take it somewhere and get it checked out before my car gets set a blaze from some faulty wiring.

[Killa]

Its weekent, no one want to work on car, any one have any option ?

[Killa]

[spyderturbo007]

Never, ever put in a higher amperage fuse than what was there stock. The reason is that you want the fuse to blow before the wiring melts, which is what happened when you saw the smoke. You could have a much worse problem than you did before.

You are going to have to go back over your wiring very carefully since you have a short somewhere. Have you done any electrical work on the car, or did this just randomly start?

[Killa]

i install the boost gauge and cd player, other than that i never messing with electric.

[Killa]

fix the problem, the guy was ripping me off, I call him and he told me he can check with no charge, I show up the next day, after he fix the problem he charge me $125 that include $75 for checking, I told him he was telling me check is free. and I told him before you find what the problem is tell me how much its cost to fix, he dint do that. he fix it and charger me, bastard, but any way the problem is fix I can drive at night on the weekent now lol.

[spyderturbo007]

What was wrong? Was it a short to ground?

[Killa]

Originally Posted by spyderturbo007

What was wrong? Was it a short to ground?

He dint tell me any thing, but i saw couple more wire that he connect. its all good now, i hate to loose that money but i guess i just work few more extra hours .