radio loosing power and shutting off

[stallone 81]

i installed leds in my front map lights a few weeks ago and today in my car my gf was looking for something and turned it on for a min or 2 and all the sudden all the lights on the radio shut off and the radio itself shuts off. i turned off the lights and it comes back on i then do it again and it shuts off but this time the radio doesnt turn back on. is it that the leds are using too much power or is it a fuse ?

 

[bearsfan39]

i think your ls is saying it wants a new radio

 

[stallone 81]

i think your ls is saying it wants a new radio

lol that or its asking to be sold lol everytime i tell myself im not gonna spend any money on the car something happens =[

 

[bearsfan39]

yea that does suck

 

[Alax7]

Led's use less than the filament bulbs. Weird stuff going on there.

 

[gcwimmer]

A fuse does not heal its self after burning out, its not the fuse.

 

[stallone 81]

Led's use less than the filament bulbs. Weird stuff going on there.

yeah i knew that but i couldnt figure out any other reason why it would do that idk its really really weird

 

[tireman]

ground short

check your work for a ground short open wire or wires crossed. sometimes you also get some weird stuff going on when the battery is going bad, or clockspring is going bad. any other symptoms? I enjoy working on old radios, and you find that the capacitors fail as the radio ages, I swap out the capacitors to bring it back to life. However, I've never heard of an LS radio problem. if all was working before you put in the leds and now it fails, i would check your work first.

 

[stallone 81]

check your work for a ground short open wire or wires crossed. sometimes you also get some weird stuff going on when the battery is going bad, or clockspring is going bad. any other symptoms? I enjoy working on old radios, and you find that the capacitors fail as the radio ages, I swap out the capacitors to bring it back to life. However, I've never heard of an LS radio problem. if all was working before you put in the leds and now it fails, i would check your work first.

the radio is working fine as of now and no other weird stuff but i still have no idea what coulda triggered that last night

 

[joegr]

the radio is working fine as of now and no other weird stuff but i still have no idea what coulda triggered that last night

It's possible that your battery is getting weak and its voltage got a little low while the key was on with the engine off. (I'm assuming that the engine was off when this happened.)

 

[1LoudLS]

make sure that a wire didnt get pinched when you put the dome light back together

 

[stallone 81]

It's possible that your battery is getting weak and its voltage got a little low while the key was on with the engine off. (I'm assuming that the engine was off when this happened.)

nah the car was on and i was driving

 

[djknowledge]

eh stallone.....

loosing : present participle of loose (Verb)
1. Set free; release: "the hounds have been loosed".
2. Untie; unfasten: "the ropes were loosed"

losing present participle of lose (Verb)
1. Be deprived of or cease to have or retain (something): "I've lost my appetite".
2. Cause (someone) to fail to gain or retain (something): "you lost me my appointment at the university"

 

[1LoudLS]

ROFL, your killing me, and thats why they call you DJ "knowledge"

 

[bearsfan39]

LMFAO :bowrofl: