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Topic: Fuse keeps blowing

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Fuse keeps blowing

Posted: 5/30/03 10:14am Message 1 of 5
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Adam Wartell
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Twice in two days, my radio/horn/interior lights fuse has blown when I put down the right window.

They are not even on the same circuit!

Any ideas?


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Fuse keeps blowing

Posted: 5/30/03 12:51pm Message 2 of 5
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Do you have speakers or courtesy lights in the door? Could be that when the window goes down it is shorting out the circuit by hitting an exposed wire or contact.

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Fuse keeps blowing

Posted: 5/30/03 1:08pm Message 3 of 5
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 Norsky said: Do you have speakers or courtesy lights in the door? Could be that when the window goes down it is shorting out the circuit by hitting an exposed wire or contact.
 


Actually, I think the door lock cylinder for that door came loose and is hanging inside the door. The power locks are also on the curcuit with the radio.

You might be on to something there!

Thanks!


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Fuse keeps blowing

Posted: 6/3/03 8:57am Message 4 of 5
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Hello Adam !
I ad a similar problem and it was the sun shade miror lights wire on the helper side. the wire was shorting on the windshield metal frame ???
Normand



Fuse keeps blowing

Posted: 6/9/03 11:21pm Message 5 of 5
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I just had the door lock problem fixed. Tomorrow I'm going to take the Vette to work. We'll see pretty quickly if the fuse is going to blow again or not.


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