Thread: fog light issue

first i have very basic knowledge of wiring/electrical things and i'm noobish to this but yesterday my fog lights went out. bulbs are brand new H3 bulbs and were put on less than a week ago. i checked the fuse and all other fuses inside the car and all were good. i fixed some poor connections and old/exposed wires and the fogs were working for a while. i checked the fuses under the hood on the left/drivers side and all are good. i dont know if there is a relay for this if so i would like to know where it goes. the switch inside has the little green light on if that makes a difference. any help/pics would be appreciated.

anyone??

Maybe the bulbs are blown

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i forgot to mention that the bulbs are new.

Ohh ok recheck your ground wires?

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well i checked all i could and still no lights. when i press the fog switch i can hear the relay clicking so i assume the relay/switch are good. just weird... im going to double check everything again and see if i missed something.

There is a relay on the passengers side. I believe it the small three prong black one. The relay cover should indicate which one it is.

i opened this fuse box thing and saw a blown 15a fuse so i replaced it and the fuse popped. i didn't think that had anything to do with the fogs but it does. i followed the cable to this


as you can see i popped every fuse from a 10 to a 40. i have never messed with any of this and like i said before it had a 15 fuse for years with no problem. every time i turn on the lights the fogs come on for a sec and the pop. i dont get it but if someone knows what this is or if i can bypass this please let me know. i'll post a video.

http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/alki24/media/20140216_171142_zpsd2m2tmnx.mp4.html

i had an issue with my fog light fuse popping like yours once.

the problem ended up being that i had the metal clip that holds the bulb in place was over the bulb wire. the insulation was fine but for some odd reson it wasnt very insulating. im going to assume it was bad/cheap quality because i was using super jdm bulbs off ebay that were like $5 shipped for a set.

if all else fails, you could easily just run your own independent circut for the fogs. I would use a relay and tap the souce signal from the corner/parking lights.