VT Exec keeps blowing indicator fuse

[Harvs82]

Hi All,

Got a bit of an interesting one here, we replaced the garnish on the back of a mate's VT exec today, we put a berlina one on there as that was the only one we could get, we hooked everything up and everything worked... or so we thought. A few mins down the road the indicators stopped working, and sure enough, the fuse was blown. I thought it might have something to do with the extra lighting / wiring for the garnish that the Berlinas have, so we took the globes out, and everything seemed fine. Indicators worked the whole way home, but after reversing out of a parking spot, the indicator fuse has blown again...

Can anyone shed any light on what the hell is going on

Cheers

[JacksonVX2]

The amperage used to protect the system on Berlina rear taillights Maybe be higher then the Executive ones. Check what fuse the berlinas use.

[Harvs82]

Got an update...

We thought it might be the extra tail lights, so we took the globes out, but still no joy. After blowing 4 fuses and running out of subsequent replacements from the fuse block we managed to still get the car home...

As it turns out, whenever we put the car into reverse for longer than a second, the indicator fuse would blow... strange I know but I guess somehow its wired in with the reverse lights... Anyway we pulled out the reverse globes and checked them, and they seemed fine, so we replaced them anyway with a known working set... and wouldn't you know it, problem solved!

Oh and just another quirky wiring bit of info, the boot opening solenoid is wired in with the hazard lights fuse... found that one out when we had to pinch the fuse from there and the boot no longer opened

[beng]

i put a vx boot on my vt, i wanted no boot ganish because i put new tail lights in.
i had the problem of my idicator fuse blowning when my car was put in reverse and found it was a loose wire that had no where to connect on the new boot was touching the body and earthing through it.

i dont know much about auto elecs but figure is prolly something along the same lines as a wire earthing and thus blowing the fuse, most likely a wire that is related to the reverse light.