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| dadaDaveed |
 May 13 2014, 09:06 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 111 Joined: 19-February 09 From: San Antonio, TX Member No.: 10,071 Region Association: Southwest Region  |
I finally put a battery in my 914 LS1 conversion today. Nothing blew up, nothing caught fire... a good start I think. I have the JWest fuse panel and as a precaution, I also installed a small fuse block at the battery.
Here's my dilemma. I can turn on the parking lights, but turning on the headlights immediately pops a fuse at the battery (I've gone as high as a 30 amp fuse). None of the fuses in the JWest panel have blown. I checked the fuse panel, headlight switch, and headlight relay. All seem to be wired correctly with no visible shorts. I currently have H4 headlights installed… for the time being the wiring is stock. A friend suggested the H4's are drawing too much current, so I tried again with the bulbs unplugged… same result. I'm stumped. Where do I look next? |
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| Mike Bellis |
May 13 2014, 09:24 PM
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Resident Electrician Group: Members Posts: 8,347 Joined: 22-June 09 From: Midlothian TX Member No.: 10,496 Region Association: None 
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Most likely the terminal on the fuse panel is shorted to ground. Unbolt the fuse panel under the dash, let it hang and try again.
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dadaDaveed Headlights pop fuse at battery May 13 2014, 09:06 PM
Cap'n Krusty The light switch seems like the logical place to s... May 13 2014, 09:13 PM
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The light switch seems like the logical place to ... May 13 2014, 09:33 PM dadaDaveed
Most likely the terminal on the fuse panel is sho... May 13 2014, 09:36 PM Tom I hope you have a good print to follow. I will pos... May 14 2014, 02:32 AM dadaDaveed Ok, I solved the problem… sorta. After trying a... May 14 2014, 06:04 AM Tom dadaDaveed,
Since you have a conversion, it is... May 14 2014, 02:07 PM dadaDaveed Yes, the battery side fuse panel has done a great ... May 15 2014, 11:16 PM dadaDaveed Update: The old headlight relay had 4 terminals a... May 15 2014, 11:59 PM |
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