RedTalon95
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- Apr 11, 2007
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Northampton,
Pennsylvania
After installing an alarm, I drove my car around for a bit to make sure everything was working correctly and there was no electrical issues. Everything seemed fine, then right before I got to my house my gauges lost their power. I assumed I knocked the wire loose, so I just redid the wiring straight to the ignition fuse, and all was good.
Afterwards, on my way down to school, I noticed my turn signals didn't work. I figured it wasn't the wiring that got knocked loose it was the fuse. I parked my car for about 10 minutes, came back out, and it wouldn't start. I checked under the hood to find the ignition fuse was blown. I cut the gauge wire and used the power window fuse to replace the ignition fuse, no go.
The next day I bought a few extra fuses and disconnected everything I could think of. Tried it again with a friend watching the fuse and found out it was blowing on the accessory position. I've disconnected the accessory wire to my alarm, removed all accessory fuses I could think of (radio, ac controls, etc.), and replaced the fuse that blew from the gauges. I still blew the ignition fuse on accessory. I must have gone through about $30 worth of fuses trying to figure this out, until I finally gave up and called AAA and had my car towed home.
Can anyone give me an idea of where else to look if I'm blowing the ignition fuse on just accessory? I visually checked all my alarm wiring twice and didn't see any bare wires or any shorts. I'm running out of ideas?
Thanks
Afterwards, on my way down to school, I noticed my turn signals didn't work. I figured it wasn't the wiring that got knocked loose it was the fuse. I parked my car for about 10 minutes, came back out, and it wouldn't start. I checked under the hood to find the ignition fuse was blown. I cut the gauge wire and used the power window fuse to replace the ignition fuse, no go.
The next day I bought a few extra fuses and disconnected everything I could think of. Tried it again with a friend watching the fuse and found out it was blowing on the accessory position. I've disconnected the accessory wire to my alarm, removed all accessory fuses I could think of (radio, ac controls, etc.), and replaced the fuse that blew from the gauges. I still blew the ignition fuse on accessory. I must have gone through about $30 worth of fuses trying to figure this out, until I finally gave up and called AAA and had my car towed home.
Can anyone give me an idea of where else to look if I'm blowing the ignition fuse on just accessory? I visually checked all my alarm wiring twice and didn't see any bare wires or any shorts. I'm running out of ideas?
Thanks
