Hi, so here is the story.. couple days ago.. my friend and i were installing in some fogs.. we were having trouble with the fog lights turning on and thought about running the wires from the fogs to the anzo halos' for it to turn on and off.. while doing that.. it worked.. ! and i drove home.. with my halo and guages and cubby light working.. after i got home.. i turned on my car again.. to take alook at the fogs.. and noticed my guages and cubby light did not turn on!.. first thing that came to mind was probably the fused probably popped.. but when i turn on and off my alarm.. the guages light turn on and off like how it should.. so i knew its not the fuse.. at this point.. i am clueless of what to do for them to work again.. CAN someone help a fellow scion member out please??? PLEASE GET MY GUAGES AND CUBBY LIGHT TO WORK!!!.. thanks!

Oh.. my A/C and waterfall dash light does not light up also..

 

you didn't turn the gauges light dimmer all the way off did you?

 

nope.. i checked.. i wished i did

 

Did you check the fuses anyway? Sometime the power for the alarm activated lights come from a separate fused source. For instance, if your alarm has an alarm light flash output wire, that would be what is temporarily sending power during arm/disarm.

I can't tell if you did or didn't from your post, but if you didn't check your fuses, CHECK THEM anyway.

 

^^ ok.. ill check my fuse first thing tomorrow.. good idea .. hopefully its that tho..!

 

hm.. is there any other possibility if its not the fuse??

 

What's wired up to what power source, and did you splice/tap/cut any wires?

The other possibility is a bad connection that severed, or some kind of short, which usually sets off a fuse. After checking the fuse, the next step is to check all the connections you just tampered with.

Did you check the fuse yet?

 

aww man.. i woke up late so i couldn't check.. i am at work now... but yeah.. we spliced/tap/ and cut the wire of the halo's on my headlights to get the fog to work.. but thats the only wire we cut..

 

I REALLY hope you guys used a relay and are not powering the 55watt+ fogs off of 3watt halo wires. If it's not relay switched and you are drawing power from there, be ready for some burned/melted wires, blown fuses galore. Fogs need to be hooked up to direct power relay switched.

 

really?? aww man.. thats what we did.. crap!!..

 

if you want MicE i get off work at 8 and we could fix everything. a lot of my friends had a relay that was connected to that and the battery and yours didnt. hit me up afterwards

 

i get off at 9pm.. if u want.. drop by my house.. i have lighting and everything.. ill hit u up.. and we will install urs too.. lets do this over again.. djct watt seem to know what he's talking about.. and im getting skared.. LOLZ!!!

 

haha. well like i said yours was weird cause it didnt have a relay

 

i think i might know whats the problem.. but we got to fix the gauges first for me to fix the vrd...

 

aiite just give me a call when your out. i'll swing by your place

 

Until you fix everything, make sure that fogs and halos are switched OFF! To be safe, I'd disconnect any hot wires (wires receiving power).

My best 3 guesses:

1. The current was too much power for the circuit, and you popped a fuse. The fuse should blow before anything melts... Should. My guess is that is your parking light/interior light/dash light fuse, as that's probably what you're halos are wired to.

2. The halo wire melted and you've got a short.

3. All of the above.

Fortunately this is an easy problem to fix and diagnose.

PS, if you did blow a fuse, do not simply replace it and forget about it. Something needs to be fixed.

 

it was a blown fuse. he took it out and it was black. what we did was wired everything how it was before and took out the fogs. now the fogs will be running independently like underglows with a switch

 

THANKS BUDDY...it was the fuse !!! and thanks to unit for helping me.. next step is fogs.. lolz.. can't get the vrd to work through the fog wire...

 

Relay relay relay! Underglows don't need a relay since they draw such a small current... I hope your wires are of sufficient gauge, and that you fuse the connection right at the power source, or else you're asking for problems in the future. That's a long length of unnecessary wiring to run 100+ watts of constant power draw.

Because of the first install job and the fact that you STILL aren't using a relay, I really hope they even added a fuse, period! If fuses pop due to overload, they usually just melt, breaking the connection. If it's completely blacked out, it got so hot so fast it burned and melted some of the plastic too. That's just downright dangerous!

I saw an install once where the fuse blew, and the fuse holder melted, causing the metal connectors to contact, which reconnected the link. Can you say fire hazard?! Just be careful who you're having do work on your car! We don't need another "my tC caught fire" thread...

 

If you do plan on ghetto wiring, use at least the same gauge thickness as the wires to the headlights (I think it's 10 gauge, I forget). The interior wires are all smaller since they are ALL relay switched, but again, if you skip that step, run thicker wire all the way. And make sure your switch is rated to handle that wattage/ampage.