"homemade" foglights keep burning out

[Hocus]

My car didn't come with stock foglights, but i bought some used stock fogs. I wired them up and they worked fine, then one of the bulbs burned out. I bought another pair of bulbs and replaced them, then another bulb burned out shortly after. I don't wanna keep buying bulbs, so is there any reason why this could be happening? Did i possibly use a too large of a gauge of wire? Thanks for any help.

 

[wastefuldreamer]

maybe you need a fuse inline

 

[Davidle]

You probably installed the wires wrong, OR some wires can be touching that you dont see..

It happend to me once. I would install a new bulb and it will short out a couple days later.

Found out, there was two wires loose, so whenever I drive and hit a small bump, the two wires would touch, and will short out the bulb.

Just double check everything.

 

[Hocus]

alright, thanks. i'll double check.

But, is it possible that the wire is too fat of a gauge? I don't know much about electronics, but trying to learn

 

[chriw21_2000]

Too big of wire wont matter. If the wire is too small it wont carry enough current for it. I would check the grounds. If its not getting a good ground it would shorten bulb length. Also it may have been a bad bulb. take the one good one you took out earlier and put it in.

Laterz