Help With Caddy Harness...

[caddylac]

so i got around to getting the red and yellow wires together and so far so good it dont pull no extra amps with the car off. i will wait till the morning to see if it starts and holds my memory and then get back to you.

Edited September 15, 2008 by caddylac

[kylecm85]

do you mean you just hooked both together. If so u are still going to loose memory the red is an acc that just has power when the car is on. But try it and let me know what happens.

[caddylac]

yea both reds and yellow are all in one connection. this is what i did on my 79 elco and it worked but i wasted messin around with all this other stuff. the stereo stays on with out the keys in ignition, but is not a problem cus some of my old scoo cars done that and i take the face out when i park it so i should be good. i guess ill see in the morning.

[kylecm85]

thats cool when u connected them together did they go to the red wire coming out of the interface harness or did they go to the yellow

[caddylac]

maby im saying this wrong let me try agian the yellow off the headunit and wire harness are twisted together then the red from the headunit and the harness are twisted together the i put all 4 of those wires in one connection so there all touching. my car hasnt blown up yet lol. does that sound right.

[kylecm85]

i personal have not done that. You said the headunit is not turning off with the car so that makes me think by conecting all the wires together u just eliminated the acc power. which pretty much just sends the power to the deck to turn on and off. So if it works out then i guess all is good. But it will always have a constant pull with it hooked up that way.

[raytard]

We've had problems with gmrc's and video decks, especially flip outs. Im pretty sure int hat car, the radio is powered through the amp, which in turn is powered through the gmrc, and it ends up being a load of current. 99% of the time that we've done it, we put a relay triggered by the acc wire to the radio, with the outpout to the radio's red, and the input tied into the constant.

alot of times the gmrc/os unit just shorts itself out and kills the battery, it may be worth trying, but it seems more like the factory amp is blown honestly

[caddylac]

i guess that what it boils down too. but i got my setting all fine tuned and it sounds so much better. if it eliminates my problem then screw it i guess. do you see a down fall in this beside it stayin on in less i pull out the face or turn it off.

[kylecm85]

i mean if i did that in a customers car i would not be alowed to roll it.If it was me in your situation i would run a acc power to the acc under the dash and a constant 12 volts straight to the batt. Since the factory amp is bad you cant do anything with it but use it as a paper weight. But if it works out for you then best of luck.

[caddylac]

when i put my new subs and amp i will get this figured out. i went and checked and my memory is still on so im good to roll. thanx for guide me threw this to at least get me rolling till winter hits.