fuse keeps blowing for drivers side headlight

[jayc306]

hi all, im wondering if any of you can help me on this please!!!
the other day i was going to change my dipped beam bulb on my 306 1.9d as i noticed it wasn't working,i changed it and still it didnt work so first thing that came to mind was fuse!! so i checked the fuse and it had blow anyway cut a long story short i changed it and turned the lights on to see if it worked and it blew it straight away, i put another 2 fuses in and it blew all of them as soon as i turned the lights on???? iv asked a few people and been told it could be the earth strap for the actual headlight?? but i thought id ask on here to see if anyone of you could tell me more info??!! all replies much appreicated thanks jay

[cully]

take the bulb out and see if it blows the fuse

if it does you have a wire fault down to ground

[jayc306]

thanks very much for the quick reply, like you say if it blows while the fuse it out it could be a wire fault down to ground, how would i get round fixing that??

[cully]

first you would have to find the chafed/burnd/broken wire
check the exposed moving bits first plug at headlight and wire to the loom from the headlight

[jayc306]

ok thanks very much for your help much appriecated cheers jay