Fog light

Tiny
KEN MALLARI
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  • 1997 ACURA RL
  • 3.5L
  • 6 CYL
  • 106,000 MILES
My fuse keeps on blowing I think I have a ground somewhere.
Sunday, April 9th, 2017 AT 10:10 PM

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Tiny
STEVE W.
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Very possible. Those can be tricky to find. There are a few tools that can make it easier though. Some parts stores even have them as a loaner tool. The one I have used for a long time is like the picture. The tube with wires is a self resetting circuit breaker. In use the circuit breaker replaces the fuse, as it trips and resets it creates a magnetic field in the wire which makes the needle oscillate. You just follow the wire and when you get to the short the needle stops.

The other type uses a radio signal and a receiver that you use in much the same way.
Both are a big help with shorted wires, the radio version however can be used for finding open circuits as well as shorted.

Looking at the diagram it appears that a short would be in the light green wires. Should not be hard to trace the wire from the light and see if it is pinched, chaffed or damaged.
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Monday, April 10th, 2017 AT 3:06 AM

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