Does anybody know a good auto electrician????? Sydney's North Shore area...

[steinny72]

the very brief story

i attempted with friends to install a new DVD / TV deck in my car

We couldn’t do it and seemly Stuffed up a lot of things

I took the car to a Car Audio Installer and they installed the deck and got it working

They found the power cables going to the DECK were dead and ran a new cable to the deck giving it power

Now every time you turn the car of, POWER IS GONE and i cant use the key locking etc

The deck also resets, the tacho goes crazy and needles move all around before settling down after a few seconds, the clock resets etc etc

Does anybody have a solution to this problem without emptying my pocket?

PLEASE HELP ASAP

I live in Sydneys North SHore ... so somebody close would be great

Edited May 10, 2007 by steinny72

[steinny72]

bump

[D'Ice]

i bet u its sumthin real simple... i could'v taken a look BUT.... i live in the southwest... and newer cars r a little complicated...

They found the power cables going to the deal were dead and ran a new cable to the deck giving it power

"deal"???

i think it'd be best if u'd pickup the yellowpages n ask for quotes n stuff

[CHA54]

they've probably used an incorrect wire for the ground instead of grounding it to the body etc.

The power wires to the deck would have been dead due to a blown fuse.

[D'Ice]

they've probably used an incorrect wire for the ground instead of grounding it to the body etc.

if the ground wire was connected to a wire with power in it then that would just start blowin fuses n the deck wont even work

The power wires to the deck would have been dead due to a blown fuse.

very possible... but then again it can be many other factors

[steinny72]

Thanks for the input

i’m taking the car to an auto electrician tomorrow

it’s strange because the deck retains settings etc when the car i switched off but everything else such as the power central locking, tacho, air con settings, clock all gets reset....

Thanks again people

[MT]

take it back to the audio installer??? obviously they fcuked up, shouldnt they fix it for u? save u the money you'll fork out for an auto electrician... expect to pay in the hundreds for a good auto electrician

[steinny72]

take it back to the audio installer??? obviously they fcuked up, shouldnt they fix it for u? save u the money you'll fork out for an auto electrician... expect to pay in the hundreds for a good auto electrician

unfortunately its my fault for he F*kup as i only took it to the audio installer after id attempted to install it ...

the auto electrician is going to give me a special rate so its actually cheaper than using the audio place i used .....

thanks for the reply :)