burned fuse box on 94gmc

Asked by Jorge Dec 24, 2016 at 02:40 AM about the 1994 GMC Sierra 1500 C1500 SL Extended Cab Stepside SB

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I installed a speaker system from a local store in
my 94 gmc sierra 1500 it worked fine for like a
week and one day I decided to turn the amp up,
couple days later the  fuse to my radio  begins to
blow out and I payed no mind to it I go aner week
replacing the burnt fuses until one day I replaced
the fuse once again and I here s pop as I was
getting out the truck, I cone back a few minutes
later only to find my cab full of smoke coming from
fuse box...I poped it open to see the fuse for the
radio melted the plastic of the box and the whole
wire burned so it burn a couple more wires..but
some of the wires are fine. every thing eles works
fine. but just that issus. how much would it cost to
replace it?? or price range

2 Answers

189,405

If that's all that wrong I would say about 1,500.00, but could be more..

625

If you are running an amp you need a fuse from the wire in engine compartment to said same, also I install a remote on/off to amp somewhere on dash or hidden. Also the stereo has it's own fuse box or resistor/fuse, but I still install another fuse in that line for protection, depending on the amount of wire damage you can buy the wire harness that is the truck side and a new one for the radio side. Sounds like some where you had a hot wire touch metal to cause the problems or an incorrect install from day one, as you can't take the power from the amp from the radio hot wire too much load... Turning the amp up should not of caused the problems.. you can buy matching color wire and heat wrap so that doesn't happen again and returns to orginal wiring.... the fuse for the amp depending on size should be no more than 6-12 inches from the power source in engine compartment,, the radio power constant hot keep the station/clock stuff all in memory than the other wire is switched for all other controls, the blue is a remote wire which turns on and off the amp only to supply low voltage to unit, another 10ga wire is run with a 30amp at min. depending on your system.. I don't see much money if you can do the labor, it is pretty easy...

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