Dash lights not working after stereo install - Help?

[Goldie87]

Howdy guys, first post here new to the Commodore scene and just installed a stereo over the last few days.

Everything went fine accept ran into my first hiccup tonight, i went to turn my headlights on (cos it was dark, haha) and noticed that since my install, none of my dash lights or gear selector lights work anymore! Indicators and such are fine.



I am thinking that it has something to do with the illumination wire? I am pretty sure i hooked it up to the illumination wire off of my head unit. Is this the correct way to do it? Any help would be great!

Cheers

[arrow224]

I know my Alpine HU only said to connect the dimmer circuit if the car has the circuit, otherwise just leave it off. I did, and my lights work fine. So you may have to disconnect it, and try again.

[Haydz]

have you checked all your fuses? i think there is one for interior illumination not sure exactly what it means like the roof lights or dash lights but its worth a try.

[mattgreen]

haydes is right this happpend to me a while ago when i did an install into my excell i think i surged or sparked the power once or twice lol lucky it has not comp in it so it didnt **** it , its just a fuse check them all, i had no idea what it was for like 2 days haha

[garfa]

naughty naughty! (in borat voice)
tell me you had disconnected the battery mattgreen and goldie???

[Haydz]

somehow i think they didnt. even though the main thing they would have lost would be the presets and as your changin the radio no problems lol.

[Goldie87]

Hey nah yeah i did diconnect the battery, I checked it all out today, one of the fuses was actually blown and it happened to be the light around the cigarette lighter, it was a dodgy case that held the globe and shorted the illumination wire. No more light for me but atleast everything else works now! Cheers for your help fellas...peace

[mattgreen]

naughty naughty! (in borat voice)
tell me you had disconnected the battery mattgreen and goldie???

haha hell no!!! i was only new to it =] also the bolt to the negative very tight =[ haha it only sparked a few times etc when screwwing the power cable to the amp!!! HAHA well the wires are kinda melted to the amp now

[azzfox]

Hey nah yeah i did diconnect the battery, I checked it all out today, one of the fuses was actually blown and it happened to be the light around the cigarette lighter, it was a dodgy case that held the globe and shorted the illumination wire. No more light for me but atleast everything else works now! Cheers for your help fellas...peace

had the same problem a while ago, those lights are dodgy as. I just disconnected it and left it.

[mattgreen]

had the same problem a while ago, those lights are dodgy as. I just disconnected it and left it.

what model commodore

[azzfox]

what model commodore

VP, but its the same through VN-VS

[mattgreen]

VP, but its the same through VN-VS

so this will proberbly happen to me when i fiddle around -.- good to no! lol should save me alot fo time :P

[garfa]

haha hell no!!! i was only new to it =] also the bolt to the negative very tight =[ haha it only sparked a few times etc when screwwing the power cable to the amp!!! HAHA well the wires are kinda melted to the amp now

dear god, stay the **** away from my car mate!

[mattgreen]

[QUOTE=garfa;679834]dear god, stay the **** away from my car mate![/QUO
amp from a friend 50$
amp wireing 80$
watching your car allmsot burndown from it
PRICELESS
haha it was an excell -.- the wireing for my amp is worth more ehhhh

[mattgreen]

NOTE TO SELF : Disconect power source before doing anything that involves power!