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Blowing Fuses

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Blowing Fuses

Posted: 6/17/05 8:28pmMessage 1 of 10
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Vette(s): 1970 T-Top350/350hp numbers matching 4 speed. It's a mess and 1970 Convertible 4 speed.
Hi, I keep blowing my ctsy light fuse. What would cause this. As soon as I put the fuse in it sparks then blows. Do I have a short some where?
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Posted: 6/17/05 10:03pmMessage 2 of 10
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Check your cigar lighter for a bad ground.   Mike
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Posted: 6/18/05 4:40amMessage 3 of 10
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Vette(s): Silver '81 mostly original C3. Silver interior, bilstiens, big sway bars, headers.
Courtesy lights fuse feeds the following circuits:
- Glove box light
- Clock
- Cigar lighter
- Dome light
- Spare tyre lamp
- Courtesy lights
- Vanity mirror lamps
- Interior light delay timer unit
- Ignition Key/Seat Belt buzzer unit
- Horn relay
- Radio (electronically tuned only)
- Electric Aerial (via relay)
- Electric Door Locks
... so plenty of options to choose from I'm afraid.
(this info from GM Workshop Manual for 1981 Corvette)

Good luck ! You might need to invest in a manual to
help you diagnose the circuits. A good investment in
my opinion. Chris D.
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Posted: 6/22/05 12:29pmMessage 4 of 10
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Mine did it when I put my phone charger in the cigar lighter. I found the lighter base was not assembled right and was shorting everytime i pushed it in.

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Posted: 6/22/05 4:44pmMessage 5 of 10
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Must be queer electrons......sorry about the corny joke. A guy I used to work with always said this.
If I were guessing I would look at the cigarette lighter connections.
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Posted: 6/22/05 8:51pmMessage 6 of 10
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Thanks. I will check that this weekend

 

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Posted: 6/23/05 2:57pmMessage 7 of 10
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I agree,the first place is the connections on the lighter base.If you have done any work at all recently under the console,or moved it for any reason(like installing carpet),the positive feed wire tends to pull off because it is a little short.Once it is off and it touches any metal(ground)that will blow the fuse for sure.If that is not the problem start with the easiest things to take out of the circuit that ceedee mentioned,one at the time, and see if the fuse stops clearing(you might need a few fuses).Once you isolate that circuit you can scrutinize it more closely for pinched wires or shorted components.Let us now how you are doing.

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Posted: 6/23/05 4:20pmMessage 8 of 10
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All electronic stuff is filled with smoke.  That's how it all works.  When the smoke leaks out you know they are broken and they don't work any more.  Sorry Couldn't resist...

What ever you do, don't get a fuse with a capacity for more smoke (i.e. a bigger fuse) you will start to melt wire and of course the smoke will leak out of the wire but that's harder to replace.

I agree with the comments on the cig lighter from all before.  Maybe your lighter itself has a short in it.  If you are a non-smoker and don't use your lighter socket for anything else, they can get corroded and short out.  Maybe that's what blew the fuse in the first place?  In any case I'd be checking it before all the other places that CeeDee referred to, it's the easiest one to get at.

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Posted: 6/26/05 5:08pmMessage 9 of 10
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You guys were dead on. It was the cigar lighter. Thatnks for the help.
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Posted: 6/27/05 1:25pmMessage 10 of 10
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That happened to me too,I put a new console plate on,and wiggled the wires around,put it all back together,pushed in the cigarete lighter in PUFF,lost my dome lights ,clock,radio,other stuff I can't remember.Those old wires don't like to be moved

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