If you have any condition in your bathroom where a switch is malfunctioning you need to replace the switch or the device that is causing the problem. This is very dangerous in a bathroom because of the increased danger of shock because of moisture.
Is it just one switch that causes it or do they all cause it? Sometimes a switch will cause a surge when turned off because electricity will arc inside the switch trying to continue powering the device. This can be seen if you unplug an appliance while its still on: you'll see an arc at the outlet. Loose wiring at the switch or anywhere on the circuit will cause this as well.
Dimmers are rated to handle upto x amount of watts (x can vary) When one of your bulbs blows if the amount of watts used by the bulb during its blowout exceeds the amount of watts your dimmer is rated for it is possible the dimmer burns out. While this may be theoretically true, when the dimmer is rated for 600 watts and a 50-watt bulb blows and so, the dimmer, this doesn't explain why. No bulb blows out at, say 500 watts. Any other answers? Feel free to wipe out mine and the one above if you know the real answer.
"There she blows" is an exclamation used by whalers to announce the sighting of a whale spouting water through its blowhole. The phrase has since become a more general expression meaning to point out or draw attention to something.
A north wind blows from the north in a southerly direction.
1.The wind blows hard to create a sound so when the wind blows the wires start shaking and making another sound so together they make a loud sound. 2. When the wind blows through the telephone wires the wind blows the wires forcing them to vibrate. so technically because the wind makes the telephone wires vibrate. your welcome.
Wiring for power in buildings is in parallel. If it was in series every time a light or power switch was turned off, the entire building would be turned off. This can be seen with Christmas tree lights when one bulb blows every bulb goes out.
you have a short in the wires for your dash and lights So what do I do to fix it?
Try removing bulbs from all exterior lights turn switch on to see if fuse blows--if not replace one bulb at a time to determine where problem is. If fuse blows without bulbs could very well be switch "dead shorted" to ground IM HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM SO IF YOU FIGURE IT OUT PLEASE LET ME KNOW AT GODLIVERKILLA@YAHOO.COM A mechanic told me that the switch that is on the column is usually the problem. Cost about 70.00 . Raygracik@msn.com
If the fuse keeps blowing, there is a short somewhere. Since the dash and tail lights both go through the headlight switch, I would check the wires from the switch connection all the way to the tail lights, and the dash lights. Somewhere, a wire is crushed to ground or something like that. Make sure your switch is property connected and is a good switch! Good luck!
Usually. Most GM vehicles put the instrument cluster and the tail lights on the same fuse so that if the tail light fuse blows you'll know something is wrong and hopefully get it repaired. The headlight switch uses the same fuse circuit to run both the tail lights and the dash lights. If the fuse is ok, check the headlight switch.
Try removing the tailight fixtures from the rear of the truck (GM had some problems with these) Replace fuse and see if it blows again. If so problem may be a dead short in the dash panel or in the switch itself. If it doesn't blow check and/or replace rear tailight fixtures
Start by checking the switch for the pedal on the steering column. It's a common place for a malfunction.
You have a short to ground somewhere. Start at each lamp socket, then the wiring and look for problems. Possible bad headlight switch. Also in checking shorts, don't forget the license plate light in addition to all marker lights. Dash lights normally go out when the tail light fuse blows as dash lights are fused from the tail light circut.
Is it just one switch that causes it or do they all cause it? Sometimes a switch will cause a surge when turned off because electricity will arc inside the switch trying to continue powering the device. This can be seen if you unplug an appliance while its still on: you'll see an arc at the outlet. Loose wiring at the switch or anywhere on the circuit will cause this as well.
fuse rarely blows, most common problem is the rheostat turned down you should find a wheel below the headlight switch
Dead short between ignition switch and starter solenoid trigger wire?
When you turn on the headlight switch, you are turning on 2 circuits. The headlights are on one circuit and the other circuit is the tail lights and the dash lights. The tail lights are on a separate fuse and the dash lights feed off that circuit with usually a 5 amp fuse also. Sometimes when the dash lights don't work, the dash light fuse is blown. Sometimes the tail light fuse blows and it feeds 12v to the dash fuse. Also a bad headlight switch can cause the dash (and or tail lights), not to work also. Do you see two green arrows and no dash lights?. A loose ground clip is the suspect and a real pain to fix. A hard slap with the palm of your hand on the hump forward of the steering wheel has turned the lights on every time I have tried it. You must know all of the bulbs will never burn out at the same time also the fuse controls several other things including those two green arrows.