HELP 98 sport fog lights

[Peck]

i have replaced my stock sports fog lights with some cheap 55 watt ones from parts store My problem i am blowing fuses soon as i hit the switch,they blow. I have checked all the wires where i spliced none are grounding. It is blowing the under hood fuse only. If i need a relay where would be the best place to slice it in and do i need to run higher gauge wires

 

[FIND]

You shouldn't need to. The stock fog lights also use 55 watt bulbs. Either you made some kind of mistake with your wiring, or there is a short inside the housing.

 

[corkey]

stock fogs are 35 watt , not 55 watt,
that should be the problem,,
what size fuse is it ?

 

[Peck]

15 amp fuse under the hood

 

[corkey]

DO NOT PUT IN A BIGGER FUSE,,,

putting in a bigger fuse will make the wires going to the fog lights heat up and melt the coatings,,
and that is a whole new problem if that happens,,

 

[Peck]

ok so what is the fix is there a single power wire i can tap into under the truck that feeds both and use a relay or what

 

[corkey]

i used one of the wires from the factory foglight harness to trigger a relay and ran new power wires for the lights, through the relay,