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[Keoke]

Re: And on the 8th day...

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The radio worked fine for a couple weeks. Monday I slipped in a cd, cranked her up and ***POOF*** Does a cd pull more power than the radio? ALthough after I replaced the fuses yesterday and went cruising, cd and all, everything was fine. Maybe you're right, maybe was wrong fuse to begin with.

I'm shelfing this problem until it happens again. Back to the fuel pump I think! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/devilgrin.gif

[/ QUOTE ] Well lets see how about a real nice electronic fuel pump? no more points you know. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif---Keoke

OH! missed the question. I would say that the oveall current draw would go up in the CD mode. The thing about the CD is it has a motor and when it first starts up it produces a surge in current but the fuse did not blow soon as you selected CD so it is judged the surge was not sufficient to blow the fuse. On the otherhand, if the fuse were of the wrong type operating in the CD mode with its higher current draw could blow a fuse after operating for a short time.

 

[NutmegCT]

Re: And on the 8th day...

JB - sure sounds like the problem I had when I first got my 76B. Turned out the PO had a ghetto-blaster radio installed, even with a carpet-covered, behind-the-seats boom-box speaker set. The wiring was a disaster; had clipped the interior light wire and used it for power (!), and the radio itself had 3 power lines, *all wired together", plus a separate amplifier for the rear speaker. Once I pulled the radio and rewired the console wires, the fuses stayed healthy, the door lights worked, and I had control over the console light switch again.

A clue: did the guys doing the radio installation(s) have glassy eyes, music blasting away as they worked, and a "funny smelling smoke" in the work area?