blew a fuse

[hskater26]

i was driving to work yesterday and hit a bump and my radar detector and head unit all shut off.......i checked my fuses under the steering column and noticed i blew the cigg lighter fuse which im guessing supplied power to the head unit.....any ideas on why that would blow, i only have one thing plugged into my center console outlet and its my radar detector and nothing in the other one

[arlynd]

Giving my best guess, some wire some place after the fuse has a bare spot that touched a ground (almost any other metal part) when you hit the bump. It could be a connector or a wire that has insulation worn off.

[hskater26]

hmmm il have to look.....i replaced the fuse and hi another bump on my way home an it blew again

[Digger]

Sounds like a short to me. You might want to get the wire diagram to find where it is,

[hskater26]

i just pulled out to my head unit ( i had it intsalled by circuit city) and i found the tip of one wire sticking through the electrical tape and another that was sorta exposed so i fixed those and replaced the fuse.......well see if that fixes it....i drvoe around for 10min looking for big bumps and it didnt short haha