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Old 04-29-2010, 06:24 PM
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Whats the first thing i should look for? I put the fuse in and as soon as i turn the car on it pops. I have had and aftermarket HU for awhile now with out problems then about a week ago the fuse blew.
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im gonna say that there is a bad ground somewhere.
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That's not a bad ground. If you're blowing fuses like that, you've got a short circuit somewhere.
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Look and see if a coin fell into your power point/cigarette lighter
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This happened to me when I cut a bunch of wires from the old monsoon system and did not have everything properly taped up. One of the illumination wires was shorting out on the radio and blowing the fuse. As said above, if you are popping the fuse its not a bad ground, you are shorting a power wire somewhere. I would pull the HU out and check that all your electrical connections, splices, etc are still sound.




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