ground & power wire keep burning

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Printed Date: July 07, 2025 at 10:33 PM

Topic: ground & power wire keep burning

Posted By: jits1980
Subject: ground & power wire keep burning
Date Posted: June 27, 2004 at 3:10 PM

i have a crimestopper alarm installed in my 92 integra. my problem is recently my power and ground wire burnt up, and blew one of the engine bay fuses. so after replacement of the fuse we put new leads to the burnt lines and when i went to put the fuse in the engine bay in the new leads smoked up again. what could be the problem?

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Posted By: archemedes
Date Posted: June 27, 2004 at 4:55 PM

something is drawing a ton of current, check all the wires for shorts, if all look good disconnect all but main power and see if it's the main module or something else drawing (like door locks or lights)

Posted By: m2k_us
Date Posted: June 29, 2004 at 2:44 AM

it sounds like you have a short. check all wires for breaks in the coating. Make sure you are not crossing any wires with different polarity. Make sure all connections are nice and tight

Posted By: Greg S
Date Posted: June 29, 2004 at 10:24 AM

I'd take bets that your ground and power have grounded out to each other completing a dead short through the two wires eery time you connect the fuse. It possible that it has happened in the alarm brain.

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Greg Stoddard

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