My fuses keep blowing....??
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Re: My fuses keep blowing....??
That's the worst electrical advice I've ever heard. Getting rid of the protection (correct fuse) and then seeing what gets fried is the stupidest thing you could possibly do. That's like having a gas leak in your house and walking around with a match to find it. Once you find it, just rebuild the side of the house you just blew up.
So what happens when you fry one of the wires in the dash harness, or the engine harness, or something else that's really hard to see or access? Now you have an unprotected wire with no insulation, and you don't know where it is or what it is. Also, if you have something like a bad body control module, or something other than a bad wire, you won't be looking for a bad wire anyway, you'll be looking for what that wire is connected to. If you fry a wire, and replace the wire, you haven't done a damn thing to solve the problem, you've just unnecessarily cooked a wire and wasted a lot of time.
The better solution is to remove the fuses that are blowing, and use a multimeter to measure the current across the fuse terminals. The multimeter will conduct current through itself the same as the fuse will, and it's protected with a fuse inside.
So yeah, are there ANY mods or additions to the stock wiring, such as fuel piggybacks, turbo timers, boost controllers, car alarms, etc?
So what happens when you fry one of the wires in the dash harness, or the engine harness, or something else that's really hard to see or access? Now you have an unprotected wire with no insulation, and you don't know where it is or what it is. Also, if you have something like a bad body control module, or something other than a bad wire, you won't be looking for a bad wire anyway, you'll be looking for what that wire is connected to. If you fry a wire, and replace the wire, you haven't done a damn thing to solve the problem, you've just unnecessarily cooked a wire and wasted a lot of time.
The better solution is to remove the fuses that are blowing, and use a multimeter to measure the current across the fuse terminals. The multimeter will conduct current through itself the same as the fuse will, and it's protected with a fuse inside.
So yeah, are there ANY mods or additions to the stock wiring, such as fuel piggybacks, turbo timers, boost controllers, car alarms, etc?
This is assuming he knows how to use a multimeter correctly right? Otherwise the meter will be added to the list of fried goods.
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Re: My fuses keep blowing....??
well not necessarily the meter has an internal fuse..but too much current or resistance can blow the fuse in the meter and fry it...seen it happen
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Re: My fuses keep blowing....??
You've seen a meter fry from too much resistance? That means a meter would blow up on an open circuit 
All I can add is start from the locks and see if there is voltage at the switch. Then trace back to the alarm control module. If the alarm module has voltage but not giving any then there is your problem. A wiring diagram of the sunroof and door lock is a must. So is an understanding of how electricity works.
Looking for a gas leak with a match, hahaha.
All I can add is start from the locks and see if there is voltage at the switch. Then trace back to the alarm control module. If the alarm module has voltage but not giving any then there is your problem. A wiring diagram of the sunroof and door lock is a must. So is an understanding of how electricity works.
Looking for a gas leak with a match, hahaha.
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Re: My fuses keep blowing....??
You've seen a meter fry from too much resistance? That means a meter would blow up on an open circuit
All I can add is start from the locks and see if there is voltage at the switch. Then trace back to the alarm control module. If the alarm module has voltage but not giving any then there is your problem. A wiring diagram of the sunroof and door lock is a must. So is an understanding of how electricity works.
Looking for a gas leak with a match, hahaha.
All I can add is start from the locks and see if there is voltage at the switch. Then trace back to the alarm control module. If the alarm module has voltage but not giving any then there is your problem. A wiring diagram of the sunroof and door lock is a must. So is an understanding of how electricity works.
Looking for a gas leak with a match, hahaha.
Well I meant from the current and amperage...
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Re: My fuses keep blowing....??
Well to answer two questions above: the car is completely stock. The keyless entry is the factory Honda one and nothing other then maintanence has been done to the car. So...since Im a complete idiot..could someone link me a sight or PM me a detailed instruction on how to properly check for this issue?
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http://www.hondahookup.com/ has the service manual if you are interested.
after looking through it im sure a good place to start is the keyless door lock control unit since you say you lock switch and remote both dont work.
Its located in your driverside kick panel.
You need to see if there is voltage at the white/green wire. If there is then you need to make sure there is continuity between the black wire(ground) out of the box and a good ground. The door latch is a petty good ground.
This is a good start and we can go from there. If you cant find the control unit download the 96-00 service manual from http://www.hondahookup.com/ and at the end of the manual has all the wiring and locations.
page 23-254 is your wire diagram
page 23-251 show locations.
after looking through it im sure a good place to start is the keyless door lock control unit since you say you lock switch and remote both dont work.
Its located in your driverside kick panel.
You need to see if there is voltage at the white/green wire. If there is then you need to make sure there is continuity between the black wire(ground) out of the box and a good ground. The door latch is a petty good ground.
This is a good start and we can go from there. If you cant find the control unit download the 96-00 service manual from http://www.hondahookup.com/ and at the end of the manual has all the wiring and locations.
page 23-254 is your wire diagram
page 23-251 show locations.
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