Electrical arial wiring

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sunil
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Post Tue May 03, 2005 4:18 pm

Can anyone fathom a guess.

Put my amp back into cab yesterday after installer removed it to send back under warranty. Connected it all back up fine but left out the aerial wiring.

So i have three wires

1) One red one on its own connector

2) Two black ones on a single connector

Question is, if anyone can please help, which ones go where - power/ earth/ remote on amp as they are only just long enough to reach the amp so must have been connected to its terminals originally. (installer wont entertain unless i pay a half our charge for what they will tell me in a few seconds so i guess i am being a bit tight!)

TIA

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Post Tue May 03, 2005 7:32 pm

Hey dude, long time no speak.

I can't answer your question but how's tricks?
How's the car going?
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Post Tue May 03, 2005 7:50 pm

The aerial should have 3 wires, sort of.

1 wire goes from the aerial straight to body for its ground, the next is usually a red wire and is a permanent live (I think)

The third wire is the switched live to tell the aerial to go up.

I have seen the switched wire in both white and black, you can trace these up the near side of the car to just behind the glovebox.

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Post Tue May 03, 2005 9:06 pm

Adam, have pm'd you

Thanks Andy, i am confused as to why the red is alone (not with a switched one) and the two blacks are together?.

Oh well, might have to pay them their money. There are so many wires in the car i will never be able to trace them back to the glovebox!

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Post Tue May 03, 2005 10:40 pm

sunil wrote:Adam, have pm'd you
Nothing received yet dude
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Post Tue May 03, 2005 11:15 pm

Where are you mate, if your local I'd sort it for you.
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Post Tue May 10, 2005 12:15 pm

Ah bugger, i am in Croydon, Surrey. Not local for you but i am extremely grateful for the offer of assistance

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