Headlights pop fuse at battery Options

[dadaDaveed]

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?

[dadaDaveed]

Ok, I solved the problem… sorta. After trying a number of things. I disconnected the lead from the battery to the starter to help isolate the main harness. That did the trick. Headlights are popping up and light up fine. So I must have mis-wired the starter somehow. Why that would create a short only on the headlight circuit??? I dunno. I have some exploring to do… but that'll have to wait for another day. I'm off to Austin for work.

Thanks for the help guys! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)