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electrical help please WD21
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 4:22 pm
by keithal
i have installed an aftermarket sterio into my terrano and since then the fuse for the dash lights and tail lights?? keeps blowing. any idea what the problem could be?
thanks in advance
Re: electrical help please WD21
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 4:27 pm
by DKZ
Double-check your wiring behind your new stereo, you may have connected the wrong wires together i.e. 12V+ to ACC on headunit or vice versa.
To help with problems like this in future you can buy a harness adaptor from Repco or SuperCheap for $15 or so, just get the correct ones, plug them in and you're away laughing
Re: electrical help please WD21
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 4:30 pm
by keithal
DKZ wrote:Double-check your wiring behind your new stereo, you may have connected the wrong wires together i.e. 12V+ to ACC on headunit or vice versa.
yup have checked that all wiring is correctTo help with problems like this in future you can buy a harness adaptor from Repco or SuperCheap for $15 or so, just get the correct ones, plug them in and you're away laughing
i would have but the factory stereo loom had already been cut by previous owner
Re: electrical help please WD21
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 4:35 pm
by DKZ
Check all the wiring, make sure there aren't any shorts anywhere.
Re: electrical help please WD21
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 5:49 pm
by slide
You've connected the earth wire from stereo to the park light wire.
Disconnect the earth from the stereo, and connect up to a nice bit of steel in behind the stereo.
Insulate up the other (park) wire, and you'll be sorted.
I've seen (and fixed) this problem numerous times where people have done that.
Easy As
Re: electrical help please WD21
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 8:22 pm
by keithal
slide wrote:You've connected the earth wire from stereo to the park light wire.
Disconnect the earth from the stereo, and connect up to a nice bit of steel in behind the stereo.
Insulate up the other (park) wire, and you'll be sorted.
I've seen (and fixed) this problem numerous times where people have done that.
Easy As
ok will give it a go thanks
Re: electrical help please WD21
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 9:00 pm
by rangimotors
slide wrote:You've connected the earth wire from stereo to the park light wire.
Disconnect the earth from the stereo, and connect up to a nice bit of steel in behind the stereo.
Insulate up the other (park) wire, and you'll be sorted.
I've seen (and fixed) this problem numerous times where people have done that.
Easy As
x2 easy mistake to make, you check the wire with a test light or multimeter to confirm theres no power on it but the power only comes on when you have ya lights on.
Re: electrical help please WD21
Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2011 8:21 pm
by keithal
yep sorted now thanks guys
Re: electrical help please WD21
Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2011 8:28 pm
by kiwipete
keithal wrote:yep sorted now thanks guys
What was the issue in the end?
Re: electrical help please WD21
Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2011 10:29 pm
by keithal
mate who wired in head unit wired earth in wrong place
turns out its quite common as another mate had this same problem in his proceed