help me out here guys i have ask this b4
my cossy keeps popping {no 7}fuse which is
a 15 amp as soon as i put the side light on
this fuse controlls the fog light no plate and instrument lights
i have check all the bulbs +holders i have dintconect each indevual
lights and still the same problem how ever this only started to happened a bout a week now but i have had a new alarm +imo
fitted a bout a month ago
sometimes i can hear a relay under neath the driver side dash like
it is shorting out
is there any more relays apart from those two black ones flasher unit
and i.think heated front screen hidden underneath cause i am going
to rip the dash down to day to look which i dont fancy

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come on any one you guys must of strip a dash from
a saff b4 where are these hidden relays

 

You have an indirect short to earth on the side light circuit (drivers side IIRC). When you switch them on it blows. Try it with the dash clocks disconnected.

You might find it is a case of following all the wiring down that side of the car until you find the damaged wiring...

 

been there try that still the same
going to have a nother go 2mro

 

im with daz on this , defo a short after the switched unit , if youve disconnected all the lamp units and the dash lamps then its a chaffed wire more than likely , you need to remove the column cover and take off the multiplug for teh sidelamps , find out how many wires feed the sides ( cant remeber if there split ) then trace that part of the loom

can be a lengthy process , but youll get there in the end !!

 

There's one more thing that no-one has directly mentioned .. I spent many hours trying to trace an intermittent fuse blow problem (only with lights switched on) a long time back ... On a crappy Montego.

It turned out to be a short (only when warm) in a backlit switch in the centre console .. namely the Electric LH window. So try isolating backlit switches, too ..
including the Lighting switch itself (in some way) Takin out the bulb, aint enough, obviously!

Pain-in-the arse prob this

 

finealy sus it out guys after stripping the steering
coloum cawoul down and chassing the wires from the light switch
but with no joy decided to start the car ,engine ticking over nicely
open the boot unplug the plug which comes from under the car {fuel pump} car shut off plug it back in then start her again then i notice where the jack bolts to
the back panel with that little wing nut the end of the jack was cuting trough
the little loom which feeds the no plate light causing it to pop the fuse
every time swicth light on so a quick repair job and all me problem solve so thanks guys for all your sudgestion nuff respek

 

Yep, it's always something simple.

 

 

Nice one .. ! Glad you sorted it!