ok i went and tried to change the battery on my truck cause i wanted a good solid battery for the getting colder months. i buoght one, went to put it in and blow the main 140A fuse that goes directly into the fuse panel. i went to dodge and got the new one. got it working again. but i then opened my door, and i have no dome lights or a radio. they just dont come on. i checked all my fuses and relays, played with everything. can not get them suckers to work. any sugestion or fuses i dont know about. i even checked the fuse behind the radio.

P.S. i put the old battery back in becuase to me that just seemed to be to much power

 

Too* much power? Umm you dont know what youre talking about. No matter what, youre battery is going to ideally provide 12V cold, and 14V with the alternator running. Your accesories then draw power from the battery according to their power requirments. So unless your battery is providing 15+ volts of power, it cant be 'too much power'.

When an accesory draws too much power (too many amps), the fuse for that device blows. Fuses dont blow beacuse of your battery, they blow because your accesories are drawing too much power.

 

Have you check the fuses between the end of the console and the drivers door. Some do not realize they are there. Just checking.

 

If you managed to blow the main fuse, you have probably seriously mucked up your electrical system. I'm predicting you dropped the wrench on the terminals or some other stupid thing.

Regardless, most of your fuses are probably blown. (If you are lucky)

 

you cannt just tell by looking sometimes.some fuses dont look like they are blown, but really are.

 

first off. im sorry but dont tell me i dont know what im talking about. im sure you didnt mean anything by it but i took it that way. it just SEEMED to be to much power. i say that because i had the truck off when i did this and i blew three fuses, so i must have blown them becasue of the battery. yes i did check the fuse panel on the drivers side dash and the ones behind the radio. i bought a box of new fuses so i will go ahead and change a bunch of them. see if it works.

 

He just did. Until you prove otherwise, your battery is not putting out too much voltage. You probably grounded it out somewhere and just don't want to admit it.

 

no i realy didnt do anything wrong or ground anything the wrong way.... i took the old battery out, dropped the new one in, posative (cant spell) first, then hooked up the negative, and the truck would turn over all day long, but the lights were all out, even on the dash and it would not start. as if the ignition system was out. nothing was on, so i disconnected that battery, put the old one back in and it started right up, i looked at all my fuses, and teh main was blown, and a few of them in the dash were blown, so i replaced them all, got the main from crystler. and now everything works, but i have no radio or dome lights. i know a battery only puts out so much. that is why i put the seemed part in there.

 

In the little fuse box on the driverside of the console there is a fuse called the I. O. D. fuse it stands for illumination on dash i think but it runs the dome lights the radio everything on the dash. its usually in this little yellow cradle like thing but thats the one it probably is just change it and see wat happens. thats wat was wrong w/ mine.

 

well i looked at that one. didnt pull it out but i will try as soon as i go back down to my truck. but what are those litle craddles for? i see that three of my fuses there have them.