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Why does your stop fuse blow when you tow trailers?

Updated: 8/18/2019
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Because lighting up the brake lights of both the car and the trailer pulls too much power.

If the problem is a specific trailer then your trailer may be mis-wired. You may also have a mis-wired trailer wire adapter.

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