Cargo Light Problems

dcbullet · Post by **dcbullet** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 5:23 pm

If I turn on my cargo light the 15 amp fuse will blow. Looking for advice as to common problems that might cause it. The wiring appears to be correct, as I have the wiring diagram and it all seems to line up. Could it be the switch itself that is bad?

Thanks in advance.

hardtailjohn · Post by **hardtailjohn** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 8:01 pm

Nothing's impossible.... it could be the switch. I'd pull the bulb and take the wire off the switch, then test with an ohm meter from the end of the wire to ground and then disconnect the power from the switch and do the same... sounds like there's a short somewhere in there to me.
John H.

fordman · Post by **fordman** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 10:03 pm

yea it sounds like a short to me also.

dcbullet · Post by **dcbullet** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 11:23 pm

And a short is when exposed wire is touching bare metal?

spartman · Post by **spartman** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 11:26 pm

Correct dc!!!

fordman · Post by **fordman** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 11:59 pm

well its when a hot wire is crossing over to a ground. thats what makes the fuses blow.

Faithful Old Road Dog · Mon Nov 21, 2005 12:29 am

I'd start by cecking out the switch and the connections to the switch. Then I'd check the wiring since those run through the pillar along the roof rail to the back cargo light. Lots of area for the coating of the wire to wear and ground.

dcbullet · Post by **dcbullet** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 11:18 am

Something to do on my Thanksgiving weekend!

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