Radio fuze keeps blowing

[zellamay]

Before I start trying to figure out why, I thought I'd ask if there's a common reason, maybe something peculiar to these cars. Mine is 98 Z3M. This just started and I've done nothing recently that could cause it.
If anyone has any clues, please let me know. thanks....

[Vintage42]

Which fuse is it? Fuse 9 is radio / amp.
Fuse 44 is radio / amp, and wipers / washers.

[zellamay]

It's 44 . So, it could be someplace else. Thanks, I didn't know that. My washer reservoir has been out for a while. I'll check wires there in the morning.

[zellamay]

That was it, thanks. The Golden rule is to start diagnostics with any recent changes. I had been fooling around that area a few days ago. I apparently dislodged the harness wire to the washer reservoir (from where I put it when I took the reservoir out), and it fell against the engine and burned through the insulation, then shorted the circuit. That proves these cars are not idiot-proof. Radio works now.