Vonroecker
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Good evening everyone,
Let me start off by saying that I'm a reasonably intelligent knucklehead; raised without a father, yet still grew into a man who learned to do a thing or two on his own. Still, a man without prior direction is a man kind of winging it (kind of boss, if you ask me). In simpleton terms, I really don't know what I'm doing-- at all (not boss).
Well, my latest project was wiring in a Midland 575 GMRS radio to my 2021 Rubicon (2 door, like a boss). This is a manual transmission (also, boss), so instead of finding clever ways to get through the firewall as I couldn't use the driver-side grommet, I opted to just wire the thing into the factory Aux harness that resides in the interior (yeah, got that option, like a boss). If you are unfamiliar, there are six cables, 4 Aux, and then 2 that are dedicated for a direct-to-battery and ignition accessory.
SO HERE IS THE PROBLEM:
As I mentioned earlier, I'm a knucklehead. I initially wired the radio into the 5th or 6th wire for ignition accessory (orange and pink, per the owner's manual). I'm well aware that this runs on a 10 amp fuse, but correct me if I'm wrong here, the max amp draw on this radio was 10 amps. I figured I'd give it a shot and see how it worked out, and if I kept blowing fuses I'd just go with an actual Aux port. Well, I didn't get very far-- I powered on the radio (again, at this point the radio is connected to the in-cab passenger accessory ignition wire) and it ran for about a minute, but then shut off.
There I sat in the garage, befuddled but also knowing I probably played with electronic fire.
I've now re-wired the radio to be on Aux 2, and it is working perfectly (annoying that I had to lose an Aux switch to this, but it is what it is).
HOWEVER, I already had some KC Hilights Flex 4's connected to Aux 1 and 3 (you need both if you want to run the ambers; specifically, I have the amber wired to Aux 3). They work great off of Aux 1 for their main function, but now Aux 3 isn't behaving so great. When that turns on (and if it helps, it was programmed to be set for ignition/ remember programming) they are coming on super-duper dim. As a matter of fact, the passenger side light is somewhat dimmer than the driver (these are mounted as floods above the winch).
I clearly fried something, but I can't figure out what it is. I've replaced all of the fuses for the Aux switches, and attempted to do the same for anything I thought could have used the ignition/ accessory circuitry (I definitely could have missed something). I have NOT done any in-line fuses for the accessories, nor have I replaced any relays.
Does anyone smarter than me have an idea of what I could have done? Your help is immeasurably appreciated.
TL;DR- I wired in a radio to the ignition accessory wire in the passenger footwell; it worked for a minute or so, then abruptly shut off. Now, something that was wired into Aux 3 isn't working like it did before and I can't figure it out.
Let me start off by saying that I'm a reasonably intelligent knucklehead; raised without a father, yet still grew into a man who learned to do a thing or two on his own. Still, a man without prior direction is a man kind of winging it (kind of boss, if you ask me). In simpleton terms, I really don't know what I'm doing-- at all (not boss).
Well, my latest project was wiring in a Midland 575 GMRS radio to my 2021 Rubicon (2 door, like a boss). This is a manual transmission (also, boss), so instead of finding clever ways to get through the firewall as I couldn't use the driver-side grommet, I opted to just wire the thing into the factory Aux harness that resides in the interior (yeah, got that option, like a boss). If you are unfamiliar, there are six cables, 4 Aux, and then 2 that are dedicated for a direct-to-battery and ignition accessory.
SO HERE IS THE PROBLEM:
As I mentioned earlier, I'm a knucklehead. I initially wired the radio into the 5th or 6th wire for ignition accessory (orange and pink, per the owner's manual). I'm well aware that this runs on a 10 amp fuse, but correct me if I'm wrong here, the max amp draw on this radio was 10 amps. I figured I'd give it a shot and see how it worked out, and if I kept blowing fuses I'd just go with an actual Aux port. Well, I didn't get very far-- I powered on the radio (again, at this point the radio is connected to the in-cab passenger accessory ignition wire) and it ran for about a minute, but then shut off.
There I sat in the garage, befuddled but also knowing I probably played with electronic fire.
I've now re-wired the radio to be on Aux 2, and it is working perfectly (annoying that I had to lose an Aux switch to this, but it is what it is).
HOWEVER, I already had some KC Hilights Flex 4's connected to Aux 1 and 3 (you need both if you want to run the ambers; specifically, I have the amber wired to Aux 3). They work great off of Aux 1 for their main function, but now Aux 3 isn't behaving so great. When that turns on (and if it helps, it was programmed to be set for ignition/ remember programming) they are coming on super-duper dim. As a matter of fact, the passenger side light is somewhat dimmer than the driver (these are mounted as floods above the winch).
I clearly fried something, but I can't figure out what it is. I've replaced all of the fuses for the Aux switches, and attempted to do the same for anything I thought could have used the ignition/ accessory circuitry (I definitely could have missed something). I have NOT done any in-line fuses for the accessories, nor have I replaced any relays.
Does anyone smarter than me have an idea of what I could have done? Your help is immeasurably appreciated.
TL;DR- I wired in a radio to the ignition accessory wire in the passenger footwell; it worked for a minute or so, then abruptly shut off. Now, something that was wired into Aux 3 isn't working like it did before and I can't figure it out.
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