where's my problem?

[julian64]

My radio has stopped working and so has my cigarette lighter. Doesn't look like a fuse problem.

I'm thinking common earth. Anyone know where the common earth to the cigarette lighter and radio is?

[mikesr]

I think its the one behind the trim panel below the radio.
Joolz posted last year on how to get it out but I can't find the post.
But this post has a piccie of the earth point

[Tanguero]

I thought of posting that picture again, but I am fairly certain that is not where they earth. I removed the console including radio wiring and cigarette lighter without undoing anything from that earth point.

If I recall, the earth wires dissapear into the thick bundle of loom that leads back to a multiway plug under the helmet holder.
I cant see anything relating to either in the wiring diagrams

Edited by Tanguero on Friday 12th February 09:01

[JensenA]

Luckily I have a Cerb with the interior removed, so I've just checked behind the cubby hole thing. The Cig lighter wires connect to a multi pin plug that joins the main wiring loom, and the radio connects into a totally seperate multi pin plug, so there is no 'common earth' as such.
If it isn't the fuse then it's possible that whoever connected you radio used the power source from the Cig lighter and it may have an inline fuse fitted.

[Gazzab]

I had this problem - mine was due to some wiring bodging by whoever had fitted a device for blocking speed detectors. So my car had to have a lot of that wiring removed and then sort out the electrics that were left and get them back to how they should have been. In my case the radio and fag lighter were doing strange things and the radio was coming off the fag lighter power. Now rewired and sorted.

[julian64]

Okay, all done. Nut holding earth clamp on under the dash was loose.

Fuse 8 controls the radio, horn, boot light, and cig lighter in my car if that helps anyone.