Ground-wire fried out?

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Apr 15, 2005 | 01:50 PM

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Ground-wire fried out?

Why would just the ground wire on an alarm LED burn up?

All of the other wires are perfectly operational and in-tact on the unit.

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Apr 15, 2005 | 05:43 PM

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The most common reason for a ground wire to burn up, is it's usually asked to carry too much load because the main ground wire is not connected or has failed for some other reason.

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Apr 16, 2005 | 04:48 PM

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Hmmm. On this particular item, there is only one ground...

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Apr 19, 2005 | 04:33 PM

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Should I increase the gauge of wire for the negative wire to pre-empt another burnout?

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Apr 19, 2005 | 07:47 PM

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I don't know exactly what you are working on, so I can't really say. The first statement I made was a general one for lots of cases. What brand is ths car alarm, and what exactly is it's function(blow the horn)? Do they have a website with some info and diagrams? Did you take the unit apart to find the LED problem?

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Apr 20, 2005 | 04:39 PM

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Actually, I let the smoke out of the LED (emanated from behind the dash) and upon inspection, just the neg. wire TO the LED itself (has it's own ground) had burned up. Everything else is in tact and operational...

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Apr 20, 2005 | 06:58 PM

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I let the smoke out of the LED

Do you think you accidentally bumped it against something and made it burn out? It may be ok if you put a new wire on it.

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