Headlight fuse location

1996 CHEVROLET S-10
174,483 MILES • 2.2L • 4 CYL • 2WD
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JERRY HALE
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Where is the fuse for headlights?
Jan 1, 2018 at 3:53 PM
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CARADIODOC
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Head lights are a safety system, so they don't have fuses. There is a fuse link wire that will only burn open in case of a major short. Yours is a short piece of dull black wire spliced to a red wire. It's attached to the "Battery Junction Block" under the hood. Test it by tugging gently on it. If it acts like a wire, it's good. If it's burned open, it will stretch like a rubber band.

The main protection for head light circuits is from an auto-resetting circuit breaker built into the head light switch.
Jan 2, 2018 at 6:35 PM
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