Troubleshooting a short
The fuse to the interior lamps and the fuse to monitor panel/radio both blow when the battery is connected, via the disconnect switch even if the all the light switches are off and no buttons on the p...
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You have a short to ground somewhere along the way. If it's under warranty you might not want to mess with it.
Only way to find it is first isolate the wire that is shorting. With the battery disconnected remove the wires from the offending fuse at the panel. Using an Ohm meter you can check to see where there is a path to ground on one of those hot wires.
Put one lead of the meter to a known ground and the other to the wires, one by one. When the Ohm meter registers a drop in resistance there is a circuit between that wire and ground (i.e.: a short). After you find the wire (or wires) with the short then you have to physically trace that wire(s) to find the short, probably frayed where it goes through a metal support somewhere.
Only way to find it is first isolate the wire that is shorting. With the battery disconnected remove the wires from the offending fuse at the panel. Using an Ohm meter you can check to see where there is a path to ground on one of those hot wires.
Put one lead of the meter to a known ground and the other to the wires, one by one. When the Ohm meter registers a drop in resistance there is a circuit between that wire and ground (i.e.: a short). After you find the wire (or wires) with the short then you have to physically trace that wire(s) to find the short, probably frayed where it goes through a metal support somewhere.
