[DMCForum] Hunting grounds (cough Greg cough)

["cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I spent today hunting the ground that's blowing the #12 fuse.

I unplugged everything that I could get access to; engine compt. 
light, bonnet light, dome lights, glove box light, door switches and 
courtesy light harness inside the doors.

I use a 30 amp fuse to test by plugging it in for 3 seconds and 
seeing if it's as hot as a firecracker. It always is of course.

In the wiring diagram, at the fusebox, brown feeds the fuse, and 
purple distributes the power to all of the above items. They are 
turned on/off by switching ground as we all already know.

The must be a very bad ground on the purple feed wire because I put 
my multimeter on the purple side of the fuse at the fusebox and 
touched a ground point and the meter indicated a connection. The 
ground must be deeper in the core of the harness.

The diagram indicates a purple wire junction point where the shorter 
legs all come together before the main wire goes to the fuse. 
Perhaps someone can direct me to this junction point (cough Greg's 
dismantled car cough).

If I can disconnect each item one at a time at the junction point, 
and test for the ground, it'll tell me where the bad wire is.

Rich A
#5335

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