fuse, need help!!!! Options

[6gcnoob]

today i was messing aroung with my dimmer switches, the one that all cars have for the needles ect. the other for my glo gauges. i was trying to see if i can control both with the stock one. obviously dumb choice looking back at it

now the problem. 10A gauge fuse blows, every one i put in. it goes out when ever i turn the key to the ON position.
even with dimmer switch unplugged and whole gauge cluster out, it blows. any ideas. how do i use a volt meter to check things? really need help on this one. thanks in advance. Also with car running and door open, buzzer goes off until door shuts. radio still works, dome light still operates, key ring still lights up. everything is fine but the fuse blowing.

This post has been edited by 6gcnoob: Sep 23, 2009 - 8:46 PM

[pyeatts]

If you haven't already disconnect, your glow gauges and hook your stock cluster back up and see if it blows then. Glow gauges are controlled by a digital limiter and your stock lights are a resister limiter. Glow gauges use pure voltage like neon with little amperage and your stock lights use far more amps. If you hooked your glow gauges directly to the stock limiter it would have let far too much amperage through and fused one of the power lines. Either the feeder wires melted together, (unlikely) or on your glow printed circuit board you'll find fused lines. Also, some glow packages have built in resisters which can burn and short out if they're hit with too much power.

If your glow package still works on its own take a close look at the stock limiter and the connector on the control. The only way that fuse blows instantly is a dead short to ground.