Fog Lights Not Working...

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Old Sep 11, 2008 | 09:06 PM
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Fog Lights Not Working...

My fogs aren't working!
The light on the switch comes on, I can hear the relay click when hit the button and the fuse is not burnt out.
I Hooked them up so they they turn on with the parking lights and replaced the bulbs with 85watt bulbs over the 55 that were in there.

Now where do I look? Please Help...
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Old Sep 11, 2008 | 09:13 PM
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So they aren't working immediately after the wiring? Sounds like you did something wrong.
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Old Sep 11, 2008 | 09:24 PM
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Sorry, thats my bad... They worked fine after the wiring, I'm not an idiot. They just all of a sudden stopped working. Wiring was done about 2 months ago.
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Old Sep 11, 2008 | 09:24 PM
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85 watts. couldnt that melt the wires for the fogs? wont they get too hot
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Old Sep 11, 2008 | 09:38 PM
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Check wiring around the fogs and check all your grounds. If you say your really is working then it's somewhere between the relay and fogs, which can't be many places.
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Old Sep 11, 2008 | 09:55 PM
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Im gonna venture to say that you melted the plugs for your foglights or the wire that goes right into the plug. 85 watts is way too much man.
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Old Sep 12, 2008 | 03:22 PM
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85 watts. couldnt that melt the wires for the fogs? wont they get too hot

Not after a couple of hours, years maybe and they wouldnt so much as melt but the copper gets some what burnt.
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Old Sep 12, 2008 | 03:24 PM
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I assume you tried a 55W bulbs again, if you have a volt meter, see if you see 12Vs or so out of it when there should be power.
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Old Sep 12, 2008 | 03:51 PM
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I will check the voltage when I get home tonight, I just installed the bulbs about 2 weeks ago and at that the car has been parked for about a week. I didn't realize they were 85 watts until after I received them. Thanks for the help and advice.
I know I burnt the wire harness on a previous car but that was when I installed 100w in my low beams side and I think it took about 6 months or so and it was driven every night at that time. I thought 55 to 85 was not going to be that bad.
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Old Sep 12, 2008 | 05:22 PM
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I found out that I purchased my bulbs online on August 19 so figure an extra week before I got them and installed them... The wires look perfect and they are actually 80 watts ( not that much to make a big deal over)-
The light bulbs were burnt out already I re-installed the old lights and they work again. What a PITA!
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Old Sep 12, 2008 | 08:21 PM
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You are right, depending on how often they are turned they will get burnt faster. So the 55W burnt out that fast?
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Old Sep 12, 2008 | 09:58 PM
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I'm willing to bet it's the 85w bulbs that are the problem. They may have just burnt out, or they took the harness with them. You can replace the socket to a higher wattage one to handle the bulbs.
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