I was hooking up new headunit and crossed positive with ground, now there is no power. Is the problem the fuse or something else worse? Where is the radio fuse? Sidenote: everything else electrical still works.

 

It should be the fuse. Without knowing what year your car is, I can't tell you where to look. You can look in the owners manuel. It will tell you. I did something similiar in my 89 accord. I was driving down a dirt road and the positive and negative crossed (Don't use bumper stickers for tape). The wire then caught flame and I thought my car was on fire. I stopped the car and bailed out. I forgot to put it in park though. So I chased down the car and put it in park. Then my buddy attempted th put the fire out with his can of Sprite. It was classic. After the fire was out, we got in the car and we were on our way.

 

Oh yeah it is a 94 accord

 

The fuse box is on the driverside floorboard. If the radio fuse is not there, look under the hood. I don't think the cover tells you what fuses are what. I believe you have to look in the owners manuel to find that out.


Modified by djryan at 8:49 AM 1/19/2006

 

its under the hood. its a 10amp fuse. there is map on the cover.

 

Wish I would have been there for that. Of course I would have been very dirty afterwards, from rolling on the ground laughing. Bumpersticker for tape, ok, won't try that then, hahaha.

 

Your backup radio fuse which is a 7.5A is in the fuse-box in the engine compartment. There is also one inside the car but not too sure about the amp rating on that one. Check the one under the hood first as that is always the first one to go.
Make sure all your connections are well insulated with electrical tape and soldered together to prevent this from happening again. If you are not capable of doing this yourself I would strongly suggest having a professional do this.

To the dude who's car caught on fire...please stop giving people electrical advice, it obviously appears that you need much help in the department yourself.

 

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underhood fuse box # 36 15 amps
underhood fuse box # 39 7.5 amps
under dash fuse box # 11 10 amps

as given by the member ..Noobie in a different post ..

 

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I have learned from my mistakes. That was a good 4 or 5 years ago. I was 16 or 17 at the time. That was the last time I used bumperstickers for tape. It was all I had at the time and I wanted my damn cd player hooked up! I would have never thought of doing that to a newer car.