Door lock wiring gremlin!

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Nov 28, 2012 | 12:02 AM
  #1  
Ok guys and gals, I need some help, or at least some direction. I am not electrically enclined, so some of this stuff is Greek to me. I have a 1991 Z28 with electric door locks, windows and hatch release. I keep blowing the 20 amp fuse that services the locks, hatch, power mirror dome light and as far as I can tell, the horn. But not the windows.
I have a spare harness and from the looks of it, the windows and the locks and the drivers mirror all share the same ground- any pointers on where to look for the problem??
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Nov 28, 2012 | 12:30 AM
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Re: Door lock wiring gremlin!
When does the fuse blow - when you operate one of these items, or as soon as you plug a new one in?

A common cause is a shorted cigarette lighter socket - might have a coin etc stuck in it.
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Nov 28, 2012 | 01:24 AM
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Re: Door lock wiring gremlin!
Thanks SO much for responding so quick! I can be driving and I will hear a 'click' and the fuse is gone. I have pulled the cigarette lighter and taped over the plug, so I am pretty sure it is not that..
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Nov 28, 2012 | 01:57 AM
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Re: Door lock wiring gremlin!
Check your grounds, any wire that is exposed could cause fuses to blow, check around your battery, under dash were maybe a alarm was, and wasnt properly remove.
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Nov 28, 2012 | 02:54 AM
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Re: Door lock wiring gremlin!
Here's the diagram of the ACC fuse for my '86, it's probably fairly descriptive of your '91. See if you can track it down to a short in one of the devices shown by unplugging them one at a time, if you can.

If you're unlucky, it might be a hacked wiring short as mentioned above. Sounds like the short is intermittent, which are always the hardest faults to find.

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