Grounded my remote wire, can it be fixed?
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Topic: Grounded my remote wire, can it be fixed?
Posted By: john11775
Subject: Grounded my remote wire, can it be fixed?
Date Posted: March 31, 2004 at 8:53 PM
When removing my amp from my car I grounded my wire with my remote wire and my radio stopped working how can I fix this? Also, bare with me I am new to this group and have very limited knowledge.
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john
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Posted By: Clean Install
Date Posted: March 31, 2004 at 9:02 PM
If i read this correctly, you have the remote wire and the ground connected? ------------- If we learn from each success and
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Posted By: john11775
Date Posted: March 31, 2004 at 9:09 PM
Yes, I sure did. It sparked and my radio went off. CLEAN INSTALL wrote:
If i read this correctly, you have the remote wire and the ground connected?
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Posted By: john11775
Date Posted: March 31, 2004 at 9:12 PM
Yes I sure did it sparked and my radio went out. Did I blow a fuse?
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john
Posted By: Clean Install
Date Posted: March 31, 2004 at 9:14 PM
Ok, have you checked the fuses yet? ------------- If we learn from each success and
each failure, then we can improve ourselves
Posted By: Clean Install
Date Posted: March 31, 2004 at 9:28 PM
there will be normally a fuse on the back of the head unit, also check the under the dash and under the hood...
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Posted By: Alpine Guy
Date Posted: March 31, 2004 at 9:39 PM
y would you ever work on something when its on?
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Posted By: Clean Install
Date Posted: March 31, 2004 at 9:47 PM
Full PM ? jason?  ------------- If we learn from each success and
each failure, then we can improve ourselves
Posted By: stevdart
Date Posted: March 31, 2004 at 9:47 PM
Disconnect the ground from the battery before you poke around.
Posted By: superstreet786
Date Posted: March 31, 2004 at 10:03 PM
Every time you do anything turn off everything and take out all amp fuses... your probably lucky and just blew a fuse though
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Posted By: netboy
Date Posted: March 31, 2004 at 10:33 PM
Remote wires are not fused....are they? I do not think ihave seen them fused before. ------------- Memphis MC-1300
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Posted By: Clean Install
Date Posted: March 31, 2004 at 10:35 PM
i have never seen a remote fused, but would it possible blow the fuse at the back of the HU?
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each failure, then we can improve ourselves
Posted By: Ravendarat
Date Posted: March 31, 2004 at 10:57 PM
i use a 3 amp fuse on mu remote line jsut because Id rather be safe
Posted By: superstreet786
Date Posted: March 31, 2004 at 11:00 PM
i think any wire to the HU would be fused with the HU itself
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---- 1996 Chevy S10 ----
1 Lightning Audio S2.600.2 Amp
2 Lightning Audio 12" Subs
1 Lightning Audio 1 Farad Cap
Posted By: Clean Install
Date Posted: March 31, 2004 at 11:06 PM
safe is smart ------------- If we learn from each success and
each failure, then we can improve ourselves
Posted By: stevdart
Date Posted: March 31, 2004 at 11:08 PM
I use a 1/2 amp fuse on my remote wire, according to the recommendation made at https://www.bcae1.com/ It works fine, and i'm not taking any chances of frying some delicate little piece of Chinese electronics!
Posted By: jimmeezgolfvr6
Date Posted: April 01, 2004 at 7:56 AM
not sure if you've tried this already, but unplug the power to your h/u for a while, like a minute or so. then reconnect it and turn it on.....i have a feeling that your deck should turn back on and the remote wire may still work. oh, btw, please disconnect your remote wire from ground before doing anything of course. if not it doesn't work, then like the others have said, check all fuses and pwr wires (preferably with a DMM or at the very least with a test light).
if all the wiring is good and your h/u is still bad, then it may be over for that deck.
good luck!
Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: April 01, 2004 at 8:29 AM
Just to chime in and repeat what's already been said, NEVER work on your system (or any part of your car with electricity going to it) without first disconnecting your battery. I hope whatever you have fried is cheap to repair so that this lesson might not be too expensive for you to learn.
Posted By: forbidden
Date Posted: April 01, 2004 at 1:27 PM
And to ring a bell with the chime, alot of tape decks and cd players from years gone by did use to have their remote on lines fused with a .05 amp fuse. Good to hear that someone out there is fusing their remote on lines when normally they no longer come that way. Chances are the fuse in the cd player or the fuse that protects the vehicle radio circuits are blown. If this is not the case, then the serice depot is your friends and a lesson learned.
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