replacing FUSES with HIGHER amp fuses?

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I was wondering what the possible harm would be in this? I’m just replacing my 10-amp stereo fuse with a 20 amp one… and putting a 15-amp fuse where my 10-amp fuse is (for the signal lights)…

Would it cause the signal lights to shine brighter? Or make the stereo draw more watts ? (I have a 188-watt kenwood deck)

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Your electronic parts will most likely burn to death. Why did the old fuse(s) pop? It can happen for no particular reason or it could happen because you have a short. If you replace the fuse with a higher rating, but still have a short, you’ll just allow more amps to your electronic component being protected by this fuse. So, instead of having to replace fuses, you’ll now have to replace components. Just go out and buy the right fuse(s).

Oh, and if you’re replacing them in the hopes of having more power to the lights, that won’t happen. Same power will go through under normal conditions. More power will go through under faulty conditions, but that will make things worse and not better.

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i wondered about this, too. for the fog/defroster fuse (when rewired to the same power wire), should you put in a higher amp fuse? i only assume that if i have both on at the same time that the fuse will blow. anyone try this?

4

Wiring the fogs to the defroster hardly makes a difference, you are just sticking another relay on the circuit which would only draw like 0.1A if that. No bigger fuse is required

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There are certian amp fuses for a reason. If 20 amps goes through a 10 amp fuse, it will blow and nothing will be harmed. If you put a 25 amp fuse in then all of those 20 amps would go to your amp and probally screw it up.

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i had to swap out my 10A fuse for the fogs becuase the 10’s keep on bruning out. i Put in a 15A and it works perfectly… the fog i put in were Krypton 130 watts

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I dunno man the wiring is rated at 10 amps for a reason.I know that engineers build in a tolerance a buffer if you will to protect the systems from an overload.You could be heating up the wire and over the long run the wire will get brittle and then short out.The bigger fuse masks the problem but you are still drawing more power then that circuit is rated for.

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BUT 5 more should not hurt it too much…
I’ve been running it for about 2 months like that but however last week i notice that my drivers side window switch only goes down and not up…