Did you drop some money in your Power Outlet? They used to call these the
cigarette lighters. lol
Maybe the wiring between the doors are breaking.
"Bill Sands" <saucesman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:Nyluj.37040$we5.15190@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> [short version for those who don't want to read all the junk below: I
need
> help getting my radio working again, the circuit blew]
>
> Recently something let loose in my Jeep and these 3 items don't work:
>
> - radio
> - dome light
> - power locks
>
> I can live without the last two, but the first one is paramount. The
> three are supplied by the same circuit/fuse (10A), and when I replace
it,
> it blows immediately. I'm presuming there's a closure/short somewhere
> that overloads the 10A. If any of you has experience with this, I'd
like
> to hear the input. My immediate choices are (and I'd appreciate any
other
> suggestions):
>
> 1) just removing the "unnecessary" components from the circuit (cutting
> the lines to the dome light and power locks) and hoping that the radio
> isn't the item that's producing the short)
>
> 2) disconnecting the hot line from the radio and running it to another
> compatible supply on the power distribution/fusebox.
>
> My problems now are:
>
> - I am doing this by inferring things based on behavior that I see when
I
> switch fuses - can someone provide me with a diagram of the fuse panel
for
> a 1996 Jeep Cherokee, 4.0L? The only manual I have is the PDF of the
> 2000, and the fusebox is completely redesigned - I'd like to see what is
> supplied by the fuse in question -
>
> - getting to the back of the radio is a real mess, not sure whether I
> should remove a panel and go in from the front or what - the ducting,
etc.
> on the underside makes easy access impossible.
>
> Any simpler solutions to this? For example, can someone point me to the
> hot wire for the radio that happens to run by some more accessible area?
>
> Of course, once I dig in there and find that the radio is the offending
> device, this is all moot -
>
> As a footnote, I'm the guy who was trying to remove doors from a
> neighbor's junked vehicle - after getting some good advice from you
guys,
> this joker sneaks off and tows the thing away while I had to be out of
> town for the weekend weekend, so my dream of a red Cherokee with black
> doors and hatch is on hold.
>
> Thanks -
>
> - Bill
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