Electircal Problem
02-28-2004, 07:49 PM
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Electircal Problem
Hi everyone.
Long story short.
I've got an 86 EFI GT. The car runs fine, but the stereo and the dome light do not work, so I checked to see if I have a burnt out fuse, and sure enough, I find one.
I access the fuse box and locate the burnt out fuse. I then disconnect the battery and proceed to put in my new fuse.
I put it in (no problems yet) then go to hook up the battery and the battery sparks. I go back to the new fuse I just put in and its burnt out again. I try this a multitude of ways...leaving the battery hooked up and replacing the fuse, only disconnecting the neg terminal, even trying some tougher fuses, etc... Every time I either get a spark at the fuse or the battery, which ends up burning the same fuse up.
Could this be some sort of short circuit? Has anyone else had this problem before?
Thanks in advance for any help
Long story short.
I've got an 86 EFI GT. The car runs fine, but the stereo and the dome light do not work, so I checked to see if I have a burnt out fuse, and sure enough, I find one.
I access the fuse box and locate the burnt out fuse. I then disconnect the battery and proceed to put in my new fuse.
I put it in (no problems yet) then go to hook up the battery and the battery sparks. I go back to the new fuse I just put in and its burnt out again. I try this a multitude of ways...leaving the battery hooked up and replacing the fuse, only disconnecting the neg terminal, even trying some tougher fuses, etc... Every time I either get a spark at the fuse or the battery, which ends up burning the same fuse up.
Could this be some sort of short circuit? Has anyone else had this problem before?
Thanks in advance for any help
02-29-2004, 01:31 PM
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RE: Electircal Problem
your problem doesnt take an electrician to figure it out. you have a short some where with your stereo. disconnect the stereo and then replace the fuse then reconnect the battery. if it doesnt burn up then you wired the stereo wrong. if it does then you got more problems
02-29-2004, 08:02 PM
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RE: Electircal Problem
you have a short to ground before the load in the crk , it sound like you may not know too much about electronic stuff , but you can at least try to isolate it by disconecting stuff , but it starts to waste fuses, u would need a crk breaker that resets , some one decent with car electrical sys should find it since its a hard short and not one that goes away , if you cant find it find a buddy , it shouldint be major
02-29-2004, 08:38 PM
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RE: Electircal Problem
I thought it might have something to do with the stereo.
I'm going to have a buddy check it out that does stereo installs. He says that he has got the equipment to find it.
I'm just hoping that it's just it is somewhere in the stereo circuit and not a short somewhere else.
Thx for the suggestions guys.
Peace
I'm going to have a buddy check it out that does stereo installs. He says that he has got the equipment to find it.
I'm just hoping that it's just it is somewhere in the stereo circuit and not a short somewhere else.
Thx for the suggestions guys.
Peace
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