no interior electrical need help

[brisk42]

Here's the problem I've got right now, I have just about no interior electrical or head/tail lights. Took the whole interior out and checked over all the wiring and can't find any cuts or bad grounds whatsoever. I've got one 15A fuse on the inside that keeps blowing. Also I had the car running but it isn't now but at either time there was still no electrical. If anybody can help me out on any of this it would be appreciated so I can finaly get this project on the road.

 

[delta448]

Which fuse is it?
Captain Obvious says: If you ran the engine then you can't say you have "no electrical".

 

[brisk42]

alright then changed the title for you. and its the wiper fuse that keeps going on me

 

[csgsx23]

Check all of your grounds and relays, especially the wiper and horn one. Sometimes the wires get crossed and short out under the fuse box in the engine bay. This happened to me a month ago. Turned out to be my alternator was arching onto my external wastegate and blowing fuses.

 

[dsmdragon]

Ok bro, You must have some really bad shorts somewhere on the path of the car. I have a diagram I will try to give to you to show the paths and color codes to everything for you k man. And second if you have no electrical first check the battery that you have atleast 12.0 volts, if it is lower then that you have a bad problem.

here IS SOME STEPS TO CHACK FOR BAD electrical SH*t

1.) check battery 12.6 is 100% good. 12.2 is 75% dead do the math there....
2.)check ground(this is the biggest problem people have bro) The ground side of the battery and battery cables (if you have more then .5 volt drop to the starter for loss in the cable then you need to replace the cable. 1.5v for anything else
3.) Check all fuses....

That should help you out to start. Let me know if you need more help man

 

[95GSXBLUR]

all the wiring for the wipers should be close to the firewall starting @ the steering column.

Make sure you check ALL of your fuses with a VOLT METER by turning the car on and testing each post on the fuses to see if the voltages match from one side to the other. Sometimes even physically inspecting them, doesn't look like they're blown, but the have a weird seperation.

No interior lights? make sure you don't have an aftermarket stereo wired up incorrectly. or blown interior bulbs that could be causing problems.

Slow down, chill, you'll find it.

 

[tyger1]

check the fuse box in the engine bay. also check the power wire from the fuse box to the battery it may have come loose. this happened to me and it ended up being the main wire from the battery.

also if it is from your wiper motor maybe your motor is internally grounding. easy way to check that is to get a multimeter and do a continuity test. one wire from the power side and the other wire to the motor housing. if it has a steady beep then it is grounding inside and need to replace your motor

 

[brisk42]

I've checked over most of the ideas stated already, but none of them seem like they'd be the problem since I've got enough power to crank the motor over no problem. However I have absolutely nothing working on the interior or exterior of my car only the engine and fuel components seem to be getting any of the power. There are no obvious cuts in the wiring harnes inside or out as far as I can tell and all grounds are accounted for. This has me looking over everything everyday and getting no where.

 

[tyger1]

quick way to help fid out the shorted wire.

pull out the fuse that keeps on blowing, use the multimeter to check for continuity from the wire to ground, meaning check one side of the fuse holder at a time. whichever sides beep constantly trace it from there

good luck

 

[delta448]

quick way to help fid out the shorted wire.

pull out the fuse that keeps on blowing, use the multimeter to check for continuity from the wire to ground, meaning check one side of the fuse holder at a time. whichever sides beep constantly trace it from there

good luck

Both sides of the fuse holder will have continuity with ground if the wire is shorted. One side directly and the other by the short.

Find the wires going in the fusebox to the posts of the fuse that has continuity with ground on both sides of it's holder. You can find the shorted wire by disconnecting the battery, disconnecting the wires on the troublesome post from the back of the fusebox and then checking each individual wire for continuity with ground. Replace the one(s) that has strong continuity (low resistance or no circuit load).

 

[gsx4g64]

My car had the same problem about four days ago. The only power I had to my car was one light on the dash (the door ajar light). I left he car alone, came back two days later, and the car was fine. I had no blown fuses or relays. I never did find out what it was from.

 

[brisk42]

I think beer was the answer why it wasnt starting. We hadnt been drinking for the last few weeks while working on the car and then today threw a few back while taking the intake and thermastate housing on and off without changing a thing and it fired right up. However no progress on the electrical so going to be testing every and all wires on my day off tomorrow.