hitch wiring hell

[twixt]

so i wired up hitch lights with one of those 11$ converters from autozone. when i went out to the race track with my bike in tow, the fuse blew for the running lights so i just unplugged the trailer and threw in a spare fuse, 30amp is all i had left so i made do to get home. i thought the problem was the trailer so after my dad rewired it up since it was getting old i tried it again. worked fine... for 2 miles! my friggin car was on fire and my signal wire melted with a positive wire so it was stuck on when i had my lights on. so i finally got around to pulling the car apart to find where the wires melted. come to find out i just rewired from the hatch all the way to where it goes into the floor behind the front seat... totally blows, now my signals and 4 ways dont work and if that problem isnt the fuse its gonna cost 50$ for a new flasher unit...

Lesson learned, buy a t-connecter from hidden hitch.

[Blenjar]

Good luck, sorry about hte loss!!!

-- Blen

[Chris07LB]

yikes

[uncleyaris]

ouch!

[twixt]

update: i had to rerun the right side wires and replace the hazard fuse. everything works now, wiring is just not all nice and stock :-/ glad it is hidden behind the panels.
Did i mention the ultra micro fuses on our car cost 1.80 each at the dealer and i cant find em anywhere else?

[Blenjar]

Yea I heard too while I was looking for fuses.

-- Blen

[MrJester]

Autozone has the micro fuses. I had to purchase quite a few of them wiring up LEDs dumb newby Check and re-check wiring.

[twixt]

my autozone doesnt have em yet :-/

Im still confused on what happened since i know my wiring was right. must be i got a defective light converter.

[Chris07LB]

Home Depot and Lowes carry the micro and standard auto fuses.

Picked up a few "tins" which contained a few different amp sizes for only a couple bucks. :thumbsup:

[atebit]

How did you route the wires for the trailer tail lights out from under the trunk?