Bought the jeep a year ago. My gauges stopped working every now and then, but would come back on after driving for a little bit. Well now the gauges have stopped working for a couple weeks so I have decided to start digging into the problem. so I cleaned the connections on the back of the cluster and nothing. Then I took a look at the fuses which I probably should have done first and I have noticed that multiple fuses are the incorrect fuses per the fuse diagram. Is there any legitimate reason the previous owner would have done this? He had installed led headlights, taillights, and interior lights as well as an after market radio, but I have never heard of swapping fuses for lighting, but I also don't know much about doing that. My question is: is it possible my gauges aren't working due to incorrect amps in unrelated fuse spots and should I put the correct fuses into place? Sounds like an obvious yes to correcting the fuses but maybe there was a legit reason for this?
Wrong fuses?
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He probably blew fuses while miswiring his lights and didn't have the correct fuse sizes to replace them with. LED lights draw less current (amperes) than incandescent bulbs do so there's no need to go to higher ampere fuse ratings.
Personally I'd get them all back to what they should be. It's not going to fix anything but it is very important if anything does go wrong to have the correct fuse.
agreed. with a larger fuse you're more likely to create the electrical fire problem of the wiring itself becoming the fuse now as it was not designed to be physically fused with that amp rating.
remove the over amperage fuses and put them back to what is indicated as safe for the wiring on the fuse cover diagram.
Thanks for the insight guys. I went ahead and got all new fuses and just decided to replace them all with the correct ones. Nothing operates differently as far is I can tell but I am glad to know my wiring is safer now. That makes me wonder if having that over amperage caused some wires to go bad for some things that are not working anymore (gauges, right sound bar speaker, sound bar lights)
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