Dashboard lights not working at all?

[venomsbg]

Me and a friend were hooking up a new reciever in my dash and he accidently hooked the the illum wire into the dimmer wire on the harness(both are orange.) When we finished I turned the car on and the radio did not come on. I turned on the headlights and the radio did come on and 30 seconds later I smelled burning. Now the deadlights and blinkers and everything still works but the dash lights behind the guages dont come on and the blinker indicators stay illuminated. I checked all fuses. Anyone have any guesses to what this could be?

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[02BLKCIVIC]

its a fues.

check under your hood there is fues box to the left.

there is also a fues box under your steering wheel!

[venomsbg]

I just checked every possible fuse it could be. They are all reading good on a multimeter. Is there anything else it could be? Perhaps a relay? Anyone?

[thefever]

had this problem, was a fuse. check your manual, should be the accessory fuse.

[CraigW]

#2 and #9 fuses in under-hood box ?? Have you taken the orange lead loose yet ??