Most places you live in today will manage their electrical power via circuit breakers, though fuse boxes predated that technology in the early 20th century.

DETROIT (AP) — U.S. safety regulators won’t be pushing for a recall of thousands of Volkswagens that have the same electric fuses as a model that was recalled. Last year VW recalled about 800,000 ...

General Motors has issued a technical service bulletin on a very small number of Cadillac CT6 luxury sedans to address a minor problem with the vehicle’s fuse box. The problem: this technical service ...

I would check the wiper motor first. Maybe try replacing that and see if it gets better. If that doesn't help, I would just replace the wire instead of trying to find the short. Grease, dirt, ...