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No interior lights????

Old Sep 8, 2007 | 09:44 AM
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Well I cut the wire that goes to the lightbulb under the hood and boom I have no interior lights, did I open the circuit by doing this? How can I close the circuit again to get my interior lights back?
 
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Old Sep 8, 2007 | 09:53 AM
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Electrical tape the wires back together.
 
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Old Sep 8, 2007 | 10:16 AM
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Electrical tape the wires back together.
I cut it out because I don't want that light in there and threw the light out.
 
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Old Sep 8, 2007 | 10:26 AM
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Oh God,

You could buy a new12vlight fixture and re-wire it.I just hope you don't ever get stranded with an engine problem at night...
 
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Old Sep 8, 2007 | 11:01 AM
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You cut both positive and negative wires at the same time with a metal cutting tool, right? So when you cut the wires you blew the fuse.

 
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Old Sep 9, 2007 | 02:44 PM
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You cut both positive and negative wires at the same time with a metal cutting tool, right? So when you cut the wires you blew the fuse.

Yeah I was with my buddy and he was like dude that is a stupid thing I don't like it, (I don't like it either) so I cut it, but there was no bulb in the light to begin with and it wasn't on.

So a new fuse should fix it? or will I need to rewire it like suggested above?
 
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Old Sep 9, 2007 | 03:29 PM
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no bulb meant no connection to MAKE LIGHT.. there is STILL voltage going thru those wires... if the bulb was gone.. why bother cutting it? it needs a fuse... and might be a good idea to tape up those wires or its going to happen again when the positive grounds to the hood or the engine
 
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Old Sep 9, 2007 | 04:06 PM
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no bulb meant no connection to MAKE LIGHT.. there is STILL voltage going thru those wires... if the bulb was gone.. why bother cutting it? it needs a fuse... and might be a good idea to tape up those wires or its going to happen again when the positive grounds to the hood or the engine
Thanks man, thanks to everyone else as well.
 
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Old Sep 9, 2007 | 04:35 PM
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Would this also cause my power windows to stop working?
 
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