Quick Electrical Question
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Quick Electrical Question
I'm swapping out the factory stereo for an aftermarket one. Do I need to remove the negative battery terminal? I don't have any tools so this would be a major pain in the ***.
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Originally Posted by 04|5spdCivic
try searching before you post. yeah you should take the neg bat cable off. no you wont be able to switch decks without tools.
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Rep Power: 453 anytime you are working on anything in or behind the dash, it is very wise to remove the negative battery terminal and wait a few minutes. You have SRS wiring behind the dash and any mistakes made can cause them to go off. And since you would be in the front seat, you can have your head blown off by the force of the air bags. No joke either.
You dont have to remove the battery terminals, but it is highly recommended.
You dont have to remove the battery terminals, but it is highly recommended.
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Rep Power: 0 if this is your first time doing something like this, then yeah i would def. disconnect the negative battery cable and wait a few minutes while the capacitors for the srs system drain.
as grenloch said if u know wat you doing then u dont hve to disconnect the battery ....i hve changed mine 3times alrady and i naver disconnect mine...as long as u not cutting any wires....if u got plug and play harness kit then shoudnt be any problem...
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Rep Power: 0 me neither, never took out the battery for just a HU. But i did fry an amp because was too lazy to disconnect the battery, while putting the power wire in it's terminal it touched the amp's metal case and fried it, it's not bad because the i told the store that it was defective and they gave me a new one
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Rep Power: 277 All done without problems. I wired up the harnesses before I plugged them in on install so it was all good. The only thing I had to connect after was the ground.
I was hunched over the steering wheel while doing it, if it went off I'd be dead.
I was hunched over the steering wheel while doing it, if it went off I'd be dead.
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Originally Posted by 05reverb
me neither, never took out the battery for just a HU. But i did fry an amp because was too lazy to disconnect the battery, while putting the power wire in it's terminal it touched the amp's metal case and fried it, it's not bad because the i told the store that it was defective and they gave me a new one.
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Originally Posted by DeX
All done without problems. I wired up the harnesses before I plugged them in on install so it was all good. The only thing I had to connect after was the ground.
I was hunched over the steering wheel while doing it, if it went off I'd be dead.
I was hunched over the steering wheel while doing it, if it went off I'd be dead.
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