My fogs quit working, EDIT: all better guys!! Options

[95CelicaST]

Well I hooked up my ST202 fog lights last night finally. I had the wires from my old PIAA fogs still routed down there, so I cut the connectors off the fog lights and the PIAA lines and put on some connectors. I plugged them all in and turned the lights on and they were working fine. I drove all last night and they were still all working fine. I came to work and parked and I could see that they were on because of the reflection off the bumper in front of me, but when I came back out shortly after they were not working. I checked the connections and they look fine. I didn't wrap the connections in electrical tape yet, but the entire connection is incased in plastic and rubber, and it isn't wet.


hmmmm... any thoughts?

This post has been edited by 95CelicaST: Jan 26, 2007 - 7:19 PM

[cnelson]

Hmm, not to get off topic but is it bad to use a bigger fuse in a smaller one's place? Like, for the interor lights and stuff its a 10amp i think, and i'm useing a 30. is that bad?

EDIT: the reason i'm useing a bigger one is because the 10 just kept blowing. and even a couple of the 30's blew. but that was due to a short by two wires touching.

This post has been edited by cnelson: Jan 26, 2007 - 5:30 PM

[MaskedMan]

Hmm, not to get off topic but is it bad to use a bigger fuse in a smaller one's place? Like, for the interor lights and stuff its a 10amp i think, and i'm useing a 30. is that bad?

EDIT: the reason i'm useing a bigger one is because the 10 just kept blowing. and even a couple of the 30's blew. but that was due to a short by two wires touching.

You shouldn't use a Higher amp fuse to replace a Lower amp fuse. Especially if the 10amp one keeps blowing. It's blowing because of a short (as you already know). The correct solution would be to find the short and fix it. Placing a 30amp fuse in place of a 10amp fuse defeats the purpose of having a fuse becuase it allows too much current to pass, and would damage your wires after so long. It's definatly a lot easier to replace one fuse now, than to replace your wires later. It's also a fire hazzard as well.