What Just Happened? Blew A Fuse..But Why?
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OK, same problem with overdrive button. i put some tape around it and made it for awhile but had used all my 10 amp fuses. i put a 30 in it just to get back to camp where i had tools and fuses in my 97 f250 turbo diesel. didn't make it. i had a new shifter brought out to me and put it in with new wires but it didn't blow the fuse and now i have same problem with no blown fuse? just wanting to know if i should start at that wire or at the fuse panel??
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no gauges or cluster either...same as when I blew the fuse before
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02 POWER STROKE STILL HAVEN'T FIGURED IT OUT?
ANYBODY HELP? I STILL HAVENT FIGURED OUT WHAT TO CHECK NEXT? I HAVE LOOKED GOR ANOTHER FUSE BOX, I AM TRYING TO PIN DOWN A POSSIBLE FUSIBLE LINK? MY TRUCK IS DOING THE SAME THING AS BLOWING FUSE #45 BUT FUSE IS GOOD?? WHAT DID I POSSIBLY FRY INSTEAD OF FUSE?? THANKS ANYBODY FOR ANY HELP I MIGHT GET!
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Ken,
Your article about fixing the chafed wire and this forum are life savers.
I just repaired my truck in less than one hour using your procedure. The worst thing was getting the plastic covers back in place.
My chafed wire match your photo exactly.
Thanks for this help.
Your article about fixing the chafed wire and this forum are life savers.
I just repaired my truck in less than one hour using your procedure. The worst thing was getting the plastic covers back in place.
My chafed wire match your photo exactly.
Thanks for this help.
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This thread is a very good lesson for all of us. Repeatedly replacing a fuse because of needing to get back on the road or in a dangerous/inconvenient location can cause further damage to other wires bundled with the shorted wire. Over-sized fuses are never a good idea. The fuses are sized to protect the wire, which is sized to handle a certain amount of current flow without overheating. A shorted wire increases the current flow to ground, causing heat. As the current goes up, the heat produced goes up by the square of the increase in current. So 3X current produces 9X heat, quickly damaging fuse blocks, other wiring. If labor is factored in, very costly! Good job finding the problem, bigshoe. Larry
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