The cause is/was a "SHORT CIRCUIT" condition on the "incoming" [from the battery] side of the fuse panel.
By doing that you defeat the purpose of a fuse. The fuse is there to protect the wiring from an overload or short which could cause the wires to overheat and catch on fire. By replacing the fuse with a wire or fuse that is too large all the protection is gone and your car could catch on fire at any moment.
Typically no it should not. It may be a defective fuse or possibly dirty
No, it would overheat, might blow the fuse, otherwise it might catch fire.
The fuse panel is located under the sterriing wheel up against the fire wall.
Depends on the year. Would be in the dash fuse panel.
If your sitting in the drivers seat the fuse panel would be up underneath the dash on the left kick panel near the top.
A fuse panel is in the glove compartment of the 1993 model. I don't know which would be the the lighter itself, but there is a fuse for a "panel".
No, the fuse panel should not get warm. You need to call an electrician before you have a fire. This can be very serious.
If you have an electrical fire, it would be a good idea to turn off the electricity if you have access to the fuse box or circuit breaker panel; other than that, use a fire extinguisher if the fire is not too large. If the fire is large, then only the fire department can deal with it.
its under your fuse panel on the fire wall there is to nuts to remove
The SR on the Kia fuse panel signifies service reserve. These slots are four aftermarket additions. An example would be adding a sunroof. The sunroof fuse would go into one of the slots.
By the fuse panel and also by the battery (The fuse panel would be by the drvier's steering column to the left i believe)