Pretty freaked out right now...
I just finished putting an amp and some components in our AE111 Wagon. It was all plugged in and running well, a 50amp fuse built into the amp and a 40 amp fuse by the battery. The unit is grounded to the seat mounting point.
I had just finished putting the car back together when i remembered the wife moaning that the cigarette lighter doesnt work.
Ill note that i had the car stereo running all morning fine, the key set to AC but has been set to on a few times when i was testing the electric windows.
I messed about with the cigarette lighter connections a bit, re-seated them and plugged in an ipod to it and the ipod started charging... So i put the dash back together. Once all was finished i tried to fire up the ipod and found it was no longer receiving power. I sprayed a little bit of crc into the cigarette lighter in the hope of cleaning the connections (now regretting this) i then put a fluke meter onto the connections and found the voltage to be 7 volts and slowly decreasing.
I tried to start the car and the starter motor went "click" and everything in the car died, no dash warning lights, no stereo, no clock.
I unplugged the fuse from the amp in case i had done something and checked the battery, just over 12 volts. I then set the key to "on" and check again, still the same reading.
I have checked the fuses but there are some big black ones that i cant see through so im not sure how to check them.
Anyone have any ideas? The wife gets home at 5pm and she is likely to be less than impressed
I dont... im just a spaz... i have tried to quit being a spaz for years but its hard...
