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Old Sep 22, 2009 | 01:58 PM
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My radio mysteriously stopped working the other day and I immediately thought it was a bad fuse. Checked all fuses and nothing appeared to be blown, but replaced the radio fuse anyway to be safe. What I did find is that in place of the correct 7.5 amp fuse, whoever had the truck before me had put in a 30 amp fuse. This obviously leads me to believe the radio is fried, however there was no smell of burning electronics - It just completely shut off all at once.

I plan to pull it apart and check connections this evening. I was just wondering if anyone has a similar experience or thinks it may not actually be fried. I'm hoping to avoid as much frustration as possible later on.
 
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Radio needs to be replaced if all the smoke has leaked out.
 
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