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Brake Light Fuse Keeps Blowing Please Help!

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Old 10-06-2014, 08:12 AM
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Brake Light Fuse Keeps Blowing Please Help!

Hey guys i have a big issue with my 07 Expedition, i installed some switch backs and led bulbs in my tail lights and fron turn signal a few months ago and waited a while to put resistors in to correct the hyper-flash. I put resistors in about a week ago and this weekend my fiance and i took a 3 hour trip up north and i figured why not take the expy i never take it for long trips and its mor comfortable than her focus so we took it. right up until about night fall all my lights worked fine but literally as we got to our hotel my lights started hyper-flashing again and i figured the resistors were just bad but i realized that i had not front turn signal lights on and all rear facing lights (tail lights and license plate lights) were out minus the 3rd brake light. The next morning because it was unsafe to drive at night i went to napa got some new regular bulbs pulled the leds and resistors out of the rear and put them in but no dice.. i checked the fuse and it was blown so i bought a pack of 5 replaced it and they worked fine for about 3 miles then blew again. We took the 3 hour trip back with no lights but it was daylight still so I wasn't unseeable thankfully.

This morning i pulled my headlights and replaced the leds and resistors with normal bulbs as well thinking that they were the issue then i replaced the fuse again and it blew intimately once i hit the lock button to check the lights. I put another fuse in then left for work regardless as much as it kills me inside that i have no rear brake lights. I got to work and took a 30 amp fuse and tried it (i know this is frowned upon but i have no choice i will be in school until dark tonight). The lights still did not work but when i just went out to the car all the lights flashed when i unlocked it minus the driver side rear brake light. What is likely the culprit?

EDIT: forgot to add that the socket looked burnt at the part closest to the bulb on both sides, this is from before i installed my leds too however i am not sure if it is a clue to something or not i though it was from the old bulbs heating up and cooling off all the time.
 
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