fuses

FINGAL · 16-12-2007, 11:51

New to this forum. hope its the right one.. my daughters ford ka would not start, called out breakdown company. they started the car . said battery gone. they got car started and now going fine apart from cd player , interior lights , and a couple of other electrical items not working.
Any ideas what has gone wrong. thanks.

bopdude · 16-12-2007, 12:59

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Originally Posted by FINGAL

New to this forum. hope its the right one.. my daughters ford ka would not start, called out breakdown company. they started the car . said battery gone. they got car started and now going fine apart from cd player , interior lights , and a couple of other electrical items not working.
Any ideas what has gone wrong. thanks.

to the forum.

Quiet a list

First off would be to get a new battery or a check and a battery, then look at the code for the cd player and fuses for all others. Could have been a short on a circuit that has caused the battery to drain and maybe the fuse has gone on a recharged battery.

HTH's

FINGAL · 16-12-2007, 23:39

Thanks for reply. it was no2 fuse that had blown that controls cd lights ect . now fixed . not sure what made it blow tho..

17-12-2007, 04:59

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Originally Posted by FINGAL

Thanks for reply. it was no2 fuse that had blown that controls cd lights ect . now fixed . not sure what made it blow tho..

If the beakdown company jump started the car that would have caused the fuse to blow, the radio fuse is a low voltage one I think.

bopdude · 17-12-2007, 07:17

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Originally Posted by Nidge

If the beakdown company jump started the car that would have caused the fuse to blow, the radio fuse is a low voltage one I think.

low voltage, on a 12v dc system

iglu · 17-12-2007, 07:21

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Originally Posted by bopdude

low voltage, on a 12v dc system

He meant low amperage? no?

bopdude · 17-12-2007, 07:24

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Originally Posted by iglu

He meant low amperage? no?

No idea, said voltage so I assumed he meant voltage, as for low amps, IIRC it's normally about a 10 amp rating so not particularly low, and jump starting wouldn't / shouldn't cause it to blow, unless it was switched on and the fuse was on it's way out, as I said earlier IMHO.

18-12-2007, 18:40

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low voltage, on a 12v dc system

When we did the course they told us to remove the radio fuse to prevent it blowing if we were going to jump start a vehicle.

bopdude · 18-12-2007, 18:47

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When we did the course they told us to remove the radio fuse to prevent it blowing if we were going to jump start a vehicle.

Fair enough, never heard of it before though, and certainly never have done it before

18-12-2007, 18:49

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Fair enough, never heard of it before though, and certainly never have done it before

According to the instructor the radio's were prone to blowing when you jump started a vehicle.

Hom3r · 18-12-2007, 19:27

In my 20 years of motoring I have never had nor heard of fuses blowing after a jumpstart, and I have had jumpstarts from both family and The AA

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the CD player may have a fuse on the back of the unit, (I had a MD player that did).

The internal light might have died, have a look.