Interesting. Well definitely not a red wire anywhere near the black wires. It really is a mystery why it happened in the first place because nothing is really changed and now it works fine. Electricity is weird.
Alright well I believe the mystery maybe figured out... I hooked everything up again this morning and had a buddy verify that in theory I was wired correctly. Started the boat and radio all on the same battery and have zero issues. So all is good.
Now the therory for the original smoke is that...
Yes red is switched power. But I tied it into the main wire so it’s always hot. I don’t see how that could cause the problem with the negative wire on the battery though. It just acts like you have the switch on all the time.
I am going to work on it tomorrow. I’ll check the negative with it disconnected and see what it says. I think I’m going to get another battery and create a separate system so it’s not affected by the motor running, even though it shouldn’t be now but I can’t figure out why it happened.
This is correct. It was only blowing fuses when hooked up to the lawn mower battery. Now that it is back hooked up to the original wiring on the boat it is working fine. But I haven’t attempted to start the motor yet, which 100% caused the negative battery terminal all wires connected to it to...
I hooked the new head into back into the same wiring in the barge as before. It is now working and playing music. But I haven’t attempted to start the motor which is what caused the previous problem. So now I’m looking for ideas to keep my current setup but not cause any melted wires when I...
The inline fuse from the battery is popping thus the power isn’t getting to the unit. And correct the new head unit is experiencing the same problem. I’m using a 12v battery used for a lawn mower so maybe that is the problem. Although I thought all 12v batteries are the same.
Well the inline fuse was blowing on the bench before the power got to the head unit. That’s what I can’t figure out. There can’t be a short because the wiring is right in front of me on the bench and I just set it up. The took a multimeter to each of the wires in the harness and they all show...
So riddle me this. I decided to try an experiment. Took a completely separate 12v battery up in the workshop away from the boat. Ran new red from the positive, and new black from the negative. Tied the main power and acc power together and connected to the battery. I go to closed the circuit...
The stereo has main power(yellow), ACC power (red), and ground (black). I couldn’t get switched power to the red, so I tied it in with the yellow so that the unit always has power. I just use the power button on the unit to turn off when I’m done. Could this be causing the problem? Seems like it...
I installed a new stereo and speakers on our barge today. I ran wires directly from the battery with an inline 10amp fuse to the stereo. Positive and negative. When I initially hooked everything up, the stereo powered on and ran just fine. When I started the motor however, the negative terminal...
I am probably going to do that, but the wiring situation is a disaster. Also I was wanting to get it going this afternoon but that is seeming less likely.
So while I was changing the steering cable on our 88 party hut, the ignition switch fell apart on the ground. Ive done my best to put it back together, but I am not able to get it to turn to the correct positions of On, Run, and Start. Now I am getting nothing when I put it back together and try...
