how to connect illumination wire
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Topic: how to connect illumination wire
Posted By: chrisman23
Subject: how to connect illumination wire
Date Posted: December 19, 2008 at 11:35 AM
i have a 1988 cadillac fleetwood brougham i bought a wiring harness and i went color for color but the is one orange wire that controls the illumination and dash lights. at first i hooked the illimination to the red wires it plays but it kept popping the fuse. I disconnected the orange from them and the radio plays but at night i gets no dash lights so i found another ground for it and it stills keep popping the fuse could anyone help me with this situation?
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CHRISTIAN DA MAN
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Posted By: kassdog
Date Posted: December 19, 2008 at 1:57 PM
Just out of curiosity why would you randomly hook up that wire to other wires. I normally don't ever hook up the illumination or dimmer wires. The dash lights are out because you popped another fuse. Check ALL the fuses in the car and engine bay and replace the ones you blew. Then I would just leave that wire disconnected.
Posted By: soundnsecurity
Date Posted: December 19, 2008 at 2:46 PM
yeah, illumination is pretty useless most of the time
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Posted By: KarTuneMan
Date Posted: December 20, 2008 at 3:41 AM
Illumination is FAR different from dimmer.. Depends on the deck...some have one or the other, and not both. Others have both! -------------
Posted By: KarTuneMan
Date Posted: December 20, 2008 at 3:43 AM
at first i hooked the illimination to the red wires it plays but it kept popping the fuse. What red wire? -------------
Posted By: mrarff
Date Posted: January 02, 2009 at 9:30 AM
Oh well. when all else fails, splice it to anothe wire and crank it up. Man!
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"That'll get ya 10 in Leavenworth,11 in Twelveworth, or 5 & 10 in Woolworth". Groucho Marx
Posted By: KarTuneMan
Date Posted: January 02, 2009 at 11:49 PM
mrarff wrote:
Oh well. when all else fails, splice it to anothe wire and crank it up. Man!
Perfect advice.......... -------------
Posted By: bigjohnny
Date Posted: January 03, 2009 at 8:36 AM
it sounds like you connected the one illumination wire, to two of the wires on the harness?? maybe i just read that wrong, but if thats what you did, then that would be part of your problem.
Aren't the wires labeled in anyway? on my car the wires are all labeled right on the insulation.
I however, have an illum. wire, and a dim+ and dim- I still have no idea how to wire mine so the dimmer works.
Posted By: joch1314
Date Posted: January 03, 2009 at 11:42 AM
I don't hook those up either....haven't had a complaint yet! "Why does my dimmer not work?" Nope....never heard anybody ask that.
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...half of the truth can be worse than a lie. <----Roger Russell said that..
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