Hi guys,
If anyone could help me with this problem, I'd really appreciate it.
The clock display went dead after I installed an amp in my trunk. I found that the 7.5A clock/radio fuse was blown. So I went and bought new fuses, but as soon as I touch the fuse to the contacts in the fuse box, the fuse blows again.
I can't figure out why this would be happening.
- My amp is located in the trunk, fed by 4AWG wire from positive battery terminal to ground in the trunk.
- My head unit is an Alpine requiring a direct connection to the battery, so I have a lead going to the positive battery terminal (temporarily, will eventually tap 4AWG positive going to amp) and a ground attached somewhere inside the dash. The h/u was installed prior to my clock problem, and the clock worked fine.
- I also ran 3 pairs of RCA terminals from the h/u to the amp in trunk. I don't see how this could have affected anything, other than maybe cramming so much stuff in there that I caused a short somewhere.
So anybody have an idea? Really don't understand this because installing the amp is something completely separate from my previous setup which worked just fine. Yet it definitely has something to do with the amp install. I think I did everything right, but for some reason apparently right now there's tons of current running through my clock/radio circuit. Gotta be a short somewhere...
If anyone could help me with this problem, I'd really appreciate it.
The clock display went dead after I installed an amp in my trunk. I found that the 7.5A clock/radio fuse was blown. So I went and bought new fuses, but as soon as I touch the fuse to the contacts in the fuse box, the fuse blows again.
I can't figure out why this would be happening.
- My amp is located in the trunk, fed by 4AWG wire from positive battery terminal to ground in the trunk.
- My head unit is an Alpine requiring a direct connection to the battery, so I have a lead going to the positive battery terminal (temporarily, will eventually tap 4AWG positive going to amp) and a ground attached somewhere inside the dash. The h/u was installed prior to my clock problem, and the clock worked fine.
- I also ran 3 pairs of RCA terminals from the h/u to the amp in trunk. I don't see how this could have affected anything, other than maybe cramming so much stuff in there that I caused a short somewhere.
So anybody have an idea? Really don't understand this because installing the amp is something completely separate from my previous setup which worked just fine. Yet it definitely has something to do with the amp install. I think I did everything right, but for some reason apparently right now there's tons of current running through my clock/radio circuit. Gotta be a short somewhere...
