Headlight Out!

[ddog8227]

Hey people. i got a question. I just recently bought a 95 Ford explorer eddie Buaer edition. I noticed the factory fog lights were not working. So i checked all the fuses, followed wires and figured out the wires were not getting power. So i ran my own wires and connected them to my passenger side head lamp. So when my head lights were on those factory fogs would be too. Well this is my problem, My passenger headlight blew and so did the fogs a few days later. Now i went back checked all the fuses and followed the wires and all good. So is the a hidden fuse box just for the head lights? How could only one head light be working?? and i checked the broken head light and it too is not getting any power anymore anyone know what i should do? where to look. oh and one more thing i dont have an owners manual for it so anyone who knows how i can get one shout out to me and i will even pay. Thanks alot.

 

[Alec]

Each headlamp has multiple fuses. I think the low beams each have one inside, as well as a collective one under the hood. Or you may have blown a relay.

I'm guessing you blew something by overloading the circuit with the fogs.

 

[ddog8227]

well i checked all the fuses inside and under the hood, so i might have blown a relay.. but which relay and where would i find it? i found about 8-15 relays under the hood. Any one know??

 

[aldive]

Here they are on a 99.....

 

[Crankcase]

I don't know how this ended up in Drivelines, it is being moved to the Lighting forum....

 

[Bill Kemp]

For a manual look here:
http://search.ebaymotors.com/search...0&sp=0&category1=6028&BasicSearch=&category0=

 

[Hokie]

You should blow a fuse long before you blow a relay. The relays are rated at like 30-50 A but the fuses are only ~ 15A

 

[JasonF]

Hopefully you realize you can't just go adding more lights onto an existing circuit. If you really want to rewire the fogs, you will need to pick up a relay that direct powers the fogs from the battery, and use the headlamp power as just the signal connection to activate the relay, not draw any power from it.

Jason

 

[ddog8227]

yeah i know. lesson learned. But i still cant figure it out. all my fuses are ok. but i dont know which relay it is, or if there is a way to even test a relay to see if its blown??