Ok so im trying to install my sony deck and purchased a wiring harness, got that all setup wired everything turned it on and it worked fine for like 5 min. then stopped. Turns out it blew the 15 ACC fuse under the steering wheel. I thought maybe... i dunno...so i put a replacement 15 in there turned the key to ACC and immediately heard it POP. (now im out of fuses).

So im thinking i didnt wire it correctly. Every wire in the harness is spliced into the corresponding colors of the new stereo wires.....except there were two orange wires in the wire harness an orange/black=illumination and an orange/white=dimmer that did not have matching wires in the new stereo, so what i did is just left the orange/white wire alone and then spliced the orange/black in with the red=12V ignition wire. Im not a stereo expert, so if anyone can steer me in the right direction it would be awesome. NEED MUSIC Thanks

 

i would run a better ground wire and go from there

 

even tho the stock stereo worked perfectly with the same ground?

 

Remove the orange black from the red wire. Nothing but another red power wire should be connected to that

 

Bad grounds don't cause fuses to blow...

 

Thats what i was thinking, where should i put that orange/black wire? i need the illumination somehow

 

Don't run it to anything. If the stereo doesn't have those wires, it doesn't need it. It will illuminate normally. Check your radio fuses on your harness to make sure you didn't blow them as well. Remove the orange wire and you will be back in business

 

Orange wire is only to dim the head unit so it won't be too bright when driving at night. New head units come with two because ones for a postive and one for negative. You will only need to use the postive one if it is too bright for you.

 

alright! sweet all i did was take out that orange wire and it was good as gold, i love making more work for myself! anyways thanks for helping me out/feel retarded. Appreciate it

 

*edit* I'll start a new thread.

 

wrap electrical tape over em for added security. i personally like soldering my stuff, but its not for everyone.