adding on/off toggle switch
I'm wanting to add a simple two wire on/off switch to my 12v entertainment center. It has a clock, bright lighting, and emergency weather radio, so live 12v all the time. It has a red wire, with in...
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never put a switch on the ground wire on automotive audio video equipment as you can damage the system by it seeking a ground path through its auxiliary output or input rca connectors or other equipment connected to it.
already happened to me by connecting the +12v power wire before the ground wire when i had already connected the rca output cables to downstream components that caused a surface mount audio ground fuse to blow by trying to power the head unit through it.
the head unit then had no audio ground and had to be repaired to work right again.
already happened to me by connecting the +12v power wire before the ground wire when i had already connected the rca output cables to downstream components that caused a surface mount audio ground fuse to blow by trying to power the head unit through it.
the head unit then had no audio ground and had to be repaired to work right again.
