R33 Gt-st Electrical Problem.

[kalel]

hey guys!

I thought that I would ask before I take it to an auto sparky. My car keeps blowing an ignition fuse when I turn my key to accessories. It's the one that is second from the bottom left hand side. It seems to be the fuse for the dash gauges and power windows. Has anyone else had any experience with this?? I even tried a 15 amp fuse in place of the usual 10A but no joy. There's a short somewhere, but I thought I would pop the question to everyone. Who knows I might be able to save the sparky some time if I can point them in the right direction.

Cheers guys

Edited November 16, 2008 by kalel

[Al]

Have you recently installed a head unit?

The ground for the head unit could be connected to the headlight dimmer signal wire, as this would show as a ground source when the headlights are off.

Simply relocate the ground wire for your head unit to a bare metal location and replace the fuse.

[RCHOO]

Mate

I would not put bigger fuses in to try to stop this. It could catch fire real quick

I would take it to a auto sparky and he will find the drana in 2 min .

Cheers

[kalel]

no head unit installed recently. This happened once before and I just replaced the fuse. Only this time it seems that there is something more sinister involved. Last time it also stopped my battery from recharging and after driving around for a bit I lost all power to the car and it just died. That hasn't happened yet thank god. Will be taking it to a sparky asap though.