why am i blowing fuses.

[eyagel]

i have an "e" with an "i" front lip on it and it has foglights that are connected through the factory switch..so the other day i go to turn on my fogs and nothing happens..**fuse** i say to myself..so i get home and change the 7.5 fuse and go to test it out and blows the fuse again..so i try it again with a 7.5....blown again...

why is this happening..

--eric

[AndrewBird]

Are you sure 7.5A is the right fuse? Seems kind of small for fog lights, hence the blowing.

Check your wiring. If the fuse is correct, there must be a short somewhere.

[eyagel]

it says 7.5 in the book..but that is for the stock fogs..and i dono if the "e"(bumper mounted fogs) and the "i" (valence mounted fogs) are the same size, power, etc.

[Teaguer]

Theres no fog in Houston . Keep them off .

[MR 325]

Trace the wires, I bet something is grounding out somewhere.

[backtrail69]

Do you have the wrong wattage of bulbs in there?

[eyagel]

no they worked before..then all of the sudden they started blowing..??!?!!

[atomic]

You might want to check the power lead wire that is on the back side of the h3 bulb. There might be a chance that it is shorting out on the metal housing that the bulbs clips into as well. Or there is a short somewhere else if you are not running higher wattage bulbs which would blow the fuse that the factory recommends...