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Old 11-18-2007, 11:48 PM
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i have a 93jimmy and the fuse for the horn/dm keeps shorting. i replaced the fuse and my horn worked and all of my dome lights. then a little later my lights stopped working and i realized that the fuse had gone. i had the correct amp fuse in, so thats not the problem. if anyone know anything about this, help would be greatly appreciated.

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sounds like a intermittent short. The worst kind. You need to find it or it will drive you nuts until you do.

A bare spot on a wire will cause an imtermittent short, it will bounce and make contact with ground and short out sometimes.
 
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Old 11-20-2007, 09:17 AM
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thanks i'll give it a try and let you know
 
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