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Some sources recommend the brake light fuse. Losing the radio is fine, you don't want to lose headlights or brake lights. For some things having a fuse blow while driving is a greater risk than exceeding a wire's rating by a tiny amount. If it blows the existing equipment fuse, you may be forced to do it the tidy way (what most consider 'correct.')Įither way you need to consider how critical the system you're tapping into is. I'll try later.īack on topic, a good approach would be to fit the add-a-fuse the ugly way first (feeding through both fuses.) If it works without blowing a fuse it's all good, and you know you're not exceeding any ratings. I may be able to get a mirror or snake cam behind the fuse panel to see what it looks like. Wheelspin on pulling away is another matter. I wondered why I was getting wheelspin so easily during the year I've been driving it! God knows what else it controlled.Ĭlick to expand.Since they never gave me an owner's manual, I don't know for sure if it even has ABS! I've never braked hard enough to skid or get any sense of ABS kicking in. I'm pretty sure it also disabled the traction control. It meant trip counters weren't working properly. I also discovered that my leased van had one of the standard fuses missing right from new. Increasing current through an individual fuse holder will only be a problem if it also takes the group of fuseholders over their allocated current. They will specify max current for a group of fuses rather than for individual ones. But knowing how things tend to be designed, I suspect they aim to keep it simple. Each fuse is not rated to match the wiring to that socket, the fuses are rated to match the equipment they feed. I believe all of the hot pins in each group are simply wired together.

I decided they are just wired in banks of similarly functioning sockets (always on, switched,etc). how are those sockets wired, and how are they rated for current? It's thought provoking. I agree that going through both fuses is safer, but what I learned when installing mine was that the unused fuse sockets in my vehicle only have a metal contact on one side (hot.) If you plug a fuse in there is literally nowhere for current to flow.

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If you find or suspect that one or more of your fuses is blown or may be having an issue, have the vehicle inspected and diagnosed by a professional technician, to determine if the fuse should be replaced, and if another problem may be present.I was going to put 'correct' in quotes in my previous post but decided to avoid complicating things. While most fuses should last a long time as long as the vehicle’s electrical system is operating correctly, over time electrical systems and components can develop issues that cause fuses to blow. A blown fuse should also be investigated to determine what caused the fuse to blow in the first place. A blown fuse will have to be replaced with a new one in order to restore function to the circuit. If the fuse is bad, upon retrieval and inspection the wire inside of the fuse will broken, burnt, or otherwise disconnected. Fuse is blownĪnother, more direct symptom of a bad fuse is a blown fuse.

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If you notice that any of the vehicle’s functions or accessories, such as the radio, wipers, power windows or locks, etc, suddenly cease to function it may be related to a fuse. If those circuits do become overloaded, for any reason, the fuse will blow and cut off power to the circuit in order to protect it from the possibility of damage. Fuses are installed in line of specific circuits in order to protect those circuits from potentially overloading. One of the first symptoms of an issue with a fuse is loss of power to one or more of the vehicle’s functions or accessories.

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Usually a bad or blown fuse will produce a few symptoms that can alert the driver of a potential issue.

'I took the road less traveled, and that has made all the difference. 2017 Frozen White RS2 : My build thread, updated (kinda) often. When fuses blow or have any issues they can cause problems with functions and accessories of the vehicle. A good fuse to tap into is the heated steering wheel fuse, it's clearly labeled in the owner's manual. The fuse will blow in order to protect the circuit, wiring, and components from possible damage due to excessive current. They come in many shapes, sizes, and designs, however, most automotive fuses use a strip of wire that will melt or break if the amount of current that is passing through it exceeds the amperage rating of the fuse. Fuses are simple electrical devices that are designed to stop electronic circuits from being overloaded.