-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mikeross Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 2:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Need help from those electrical engineers! Kinda long
I have a stereo conversion for my original Triumph radio that gives me AM/FM/CD ability ,with a built in amplifier, a 6 disc CD changer/player and an electric retractable antennae. Lately, I've noticed a very unusual electrical problem. If I have the radio on and step on the brake pedal or flip the turn signal lever, the radio goes off and the antennae retracts. The fuel gauge, turn signals and brake lights also quit working. But, it doesn't blow a fuse! I haven't pulled all the gauges to check the connections yet because I wanted to run this by those of you with more electrical experience than I. I had installed a "CirKit Boss Fuse Center", purchased from Victoria British to wire in the radio/amplifier and CD player/changer, and the electric retractable antennae. The fuse center is grounded directly to the negative battery cable. It has two positive leads for power; one coming from an "ignition hot" source for the radio and another from a "constant hot" source for a clock. My recollection is that I spliced into the hot wire going to the fuel gauge for the "ignition hot" circuit and to the brake light switch wire for the "constant hot" circuit. That could explain a relationship between the radio, brake lights and fuel gauge. I cannot see the connection to the turn signals, though. I used those parallel pinch wire connectors that fold and crimp into the source wire causing sharp metal prongs to cut through the insulation and contact the strands of wire to make a connection. The wire you're splicing is also clamped and perforated at the same time, parallel to the source wire allowing current to flow through both. To make things more mysterious, sometimes, if I turn off the radio after power is lost and I don't use the brakes or turn signals for a while, I can turn on the radio and the antenna goes up and the radio works! Then, I step on the brake or flip the turn signal, and it goes off again. Any thoughts? TIA, Mike Mike sounds like your brakes are drawing a lot of current and pulling the voltage down to other circuits. Maybe it is time to: 1. Look into a more powerful alternator 2. Check out the connectors on the brake circuit 3. Check your battery Joe *** http://www.team.net/the-local *** Your messages not reaching the list? Check out http://www.team.net/posting.html *** unsubscribe/change address requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or try *** http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool *** http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo *** Archives at http://www.team.net/archive *** Edit your replies!
