Cd player question

[fabrimacator21]

Hello....

I have a cd player in my boat and the ground and hot wires go directly to the battery. I removed the battery to charge it and hooked up my stereo wires from the deck backwards (hot to ground and ground to hot on the battery). It worked before I pulled the battery out but now... after hooking it up backwards then hooking it up right, I got nothing. Won't turn on. It does have a 15 amp fuse on the hot wire that isn't blown.... did I fry it?

 

[Boss Hawg]

Re: Cd player question

Hello....

I have a cd player in my boat and the ground and hot wires go directly to the battery. I removed the battery to charge it and hooked up my stereo wires from the deck backwards (hot to ground and ground to hot on the battery). It worked before I pulled the battery out but now... after hooking it up backwards then hooking it up right, I got nothing. Won't turn on. It does have a 15 amp fuse on the hot wire that isn't blown.... did I fry it?

Surly you have some sort of inline fuse on the hot wire?
You blew that -
If not then
On a side note i see no reason to remove your battery or disconnect anything from it to charge it

 

[emilime75]

Re: Cd player question

First off all, the 15 amp fuse you had on the positive side is to high. That should be a 10 amp fuse at the most. Second, a fuse will rarely save you if you wire something like a radio backwards. Some elctronics have internal circutry to protect them from incorrect wiring, but many don't. I assume yours didn't, so now it's dead. If it's a nice radio worth fixing, it can be fixed. If it's something easily replaceable, buy a new one.

 

[fabrimacator21]

Re: Cd player question

Surly you have some sort of inline fuse on the hot wire?
You blew that -
If not then
On a side note i see no reason to remove your battery or disconnect anything from it to charge it

Yeah... there is a 15 amp(not blown) on the hot wire. I was thinking it was too high for it too..

I pulled the battery to have autozone to check/charge it cause it wasn't holding a charge... found out later my bilge pump got left on.:redface:

I do have another cd player I pulled from my thunderbird before I junked it... Its a fairly new one... maybe 2 years old. Are most cd player wires the same? Could I just transfer over the new cd player and match the wire colors up? I don't have a manual for either.

 

[triumphrick]

Re: Cd player question

Yes, the speaker output wiring is universal...or at least for the past dozen years or so. Red wire + black wire -. The memory power wires are usually yellow and get wired direct to save presets.
If not a marine grade radio, don't expect it to get wet and work well...

 

[Boss Hawg]

Re: Cd player question

Yeah... there is a 15 amp(not blown) on the hot wire. I was thinking it was too high for it too..

I pulled the battery to have autozone to check/charge it cause it wasn't holding a charge... found out later my bilge pump got left on.:redface:

I do have another cd player I pulled from my thunderbird before I junked it... Its a fairly new one... maybe 2 years old. Are most cd player wires the same? Could I just transfer over the new cd player and match the wire colors up? I don't have a manual for either.

Sorry, missed the fuse thing :redface:
Agree with triumphrick - Get a good cover for it- lots of them on Ebay- I got two (one for a spare) for about 10 bucks each

 

[fabrimacator21]

Re: Cd player question

It did get wet but not much... it's tucked under the window but still got a few drops on it.... needless to say the face was off and so was the power when it got wet.

I've been wondering about a cover... I like it!