Arrgh!!! No Power!! At all!! WTF??!?!
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Arrgh!!! No Power!! At all!! WTF??!?!
So WTF over?! I was just installing Gray's Revo fixer kit finally tonight and something went weird. Background:
I have a foglight wired (UK requirement on US vehicles) and I piggybacked off the hot wire for the security system (10 amp circuit) for the constant 12V. I also use this as the memory wire for my deck. When I was removing the switch while taking out my center console, I accidently grounded out the hot wire. Little spark, then nothing. No big deal, I've done this 2-3 times before, and I normally just replace the fuse when I'm done putting everything back together and I'm good to go.
Not this time. For some reason, I don't have any blown fuses, and even when I replaced my usual suspect, nothing zip nada. No power to anything in the whole damn car. No lights, no accessory - absolutely nothing!
I figured OK, the 7th gen has OBDstupid so I'll disconnect the battery, clean up my tools, reconnect and be fine. Kind of like rebooting a computer. So when I went to reconnect the ground on the battery, I got my usual little spark and thought I was good. Again nothing. Now what's odd is that if I remove the neg connection (on the batt.) and immediately reconnect - no little spark. Wait a few minutes, do it again, standard little spark. This makes me think I've got a grounding issue. Or maybe a fusable link blown somewhere? I have no idea, I'm about to study the wiring diagrams but would appreciate any suggestions ya'll have.
Help me Honda folks!!!
I have a foglight wired (UK requirement on US vehicles) and I piggybacked off the hot wire for the security system (10 amp circuit) for the constant 12V. I also use this as the memory wire for my deck. When I was removing the switch while taking out my center console, I accidently grounded out the hot wire. Little spark, then nothing. No big deal, I've done this 2-3 times before, and I normally just replace the fuse when I'm done putting everything back together and I'm good to go.
Not this time. For some reason, I don't have any blown fuses, and even when I replaced my usual suspect, nothing zip nada. No power to anything in the whole damn car. No lights, no accessory - absolutely nothing!
I figured OK, the 7th gen has OBDstupid so I'll disconnect the battery, clean up my tools, reconnect and be fine. Kind of like rebooting a computer. So when I went to reconnect the ground on the battery, I got my usual little spark and thought I was good. Again nothing. Now what's odd is that if I remove the neg connection (on the batt.) and immediately reconnect - no little spark. Wait a few minutes, do it again, standard little spark. This makes me think I've got a grounding issue. Or maybe a fusable link blown somewhere? I have no idea, I'm about to study the wiring diagrams but would appreciate any suggestions ya'll have.
Help me Honda folks!!!
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Fixed. Thanks to all who helped, which was no one but the voices in my head. +1 Rep for me!!!
Last edited by speedfoos; Feb 28, 2007 at 05:17 PM.
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Don't know what it was but I checked and freshened up the connections on my 3 major ground points and redid my main battery power location (batt. reloc'd to trunk). Farking thing works now.
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