I was leaving the rest stop from meeting Jim (FB71) and got on it pretty hard to beat some traffic. Shortly after, I realized that my "Charge battery" light was on. This happened once before a few months ago on my way home from NY. I knew it right away because the gauges started acting up.
I got to where we were going and put a spare fuse in that I had (I'm using the PAL 30A female terminal fuses instead of the links) and the car started up, light buzzer sounded, etc. Left from there and started heading home and at the next stop sign when I pulled out, the same thing happened and it blew again.
When the car is shut off after it blows, nothing works. Won't start, no buzzer warnings, etc. The headlights work (different fuse of course) and that's about it. However, if the car is running when it blows, stuff continues working until the car is turned off... So I drove a good 30 miles with headlights, the cd player, interior lights, etc all working.
What would cause the fuse to blow? Think a major wire is just grounding out somewhere causing it to blow? Maybe when I got on it, the engine kicked around a little bit and put a wire to ground or something?
Let me know suggestions. I don't want to buy a ton of fuses because they're expensive! (Found a lot of 10 on EBay for under $10, so I may go that route)...
Thanks.
I got to where we were going and put a spare fuse in that I had (I'm using the PAL 30A female terminal fuses instead of the links) and the car started up, light buzzer sounded, etc. Left from there and started heading home and at the next stop sign when I pulled out, the same thing happened and it blew again.
When the car is shut off after it blows, nothing works. Won't start, no buzzer warnings, etc. The headlights work (different fuse of course) and that's about it. However, if the car is running when it blows, stuff continues working until the car is turned off... So I drove a good 30 miles with headlights, the cd player, interior lights, etc all working.
What would cause the fuse to blow? Think a major wire is just grounding out somewhere causing it to blow? Maybe when I got on it, the engine kicked around a little bit and put a wire to ground or something?
Let me know suggestions. I don't want to buy a ton of fuses because they're expensive! (Found a lot of 10 on EBay for under $10, so I may go that route)...
Thanks.
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