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Hello, my name is Mark Blocker and I'm with Expert Village and in this segment we are
going to cover how to properly replace a fuse and seeming up the system. Once you've got
your fuse, your defective fuse and it comes time to install it, you need to make sure
that you've got the same slot that you took that defective fuse out of and you can verify
this information once again by using the owner's manual. You'll find it's pretty clear and
shows you exactly how the fuse box is layed out and numbered and what each fuse does in
that circuit and the number of that fuse and the amperage. So, they usually will have a
diagram available on the vehicle's cover of the fuse box itself. This isnt' always the
case but sometimes you'll find that information there as well. which comes in extremely handy
especially at night in the dark. Also, it's a good idea that you keep a flashlight in
your vehicle. So in case you may have a defective fuse and have to diagnose it in a dark situation
you'll have the light available to do so because without the proper tools it can be a real
difficult task. So now, once we've insured that we know which slot that fuse goes back
into, simply just line it up and gently push it in. Then, you'll wanna go and turn the
vehicle on and turn on the equipment and verify whether it works or whether the fuse fails.
If the fuse pops just leave the bad fuse in there and go find a certified electrician
that can give you further diagnostic assistance as to determining what's going on in that
circuit. Because, there is something shorted to ground and you don't want, under any circumstances,
to put a larger fuse in there in an attempt to get the circuit to operate. If there's
a short more current is only going to cause more problems. So, under no circumstances
replace a fuse with a higher value than what you remove, or what the manual calls for.
So, watch our next segment on cover replacement.