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Strange One (Electrics?)

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Car was running fine, then fuel pump fuse went, fixed that but now radio, front wipers, heated rear screen and cigarette lighter arent working. Tried all fuses and relays and seem all to be fine.

Any other ideas I could try?

It's a bad time of year not to have front wipers :(

If all the fuses are intact, there could be a common earth bond in the harness that has failed.

I'd double check the fuses, get an accurate wiring diagram and see if there was a common earth then see if there was power available to one or all of the devices that weren't working. If there is power, measure the voltage on the earth return if there is one - it should be 0V. If it's 12V, the earth is floating.

The original fuse could have burnt something else out that controls power.

Took me months to find a burnt out fuse on a Citroen C2. I had a faulty diesel pump and the car stopped so I stripped it down and replaced the pump but the car still wouldn't start. After a lot more work, I found a circuit diagram and discovered a burnt out fuse. The pump needed replacing anyway but if it hadn't been for the fuse, the car would probably have gone on running for quite a while before the pump finally called it a day.

The moral of the tale - the blown fuse could be masking something else :thumbdwn:

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Check the output voltage of the alternator.

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