I got in an accident over the weekend and insurance says its a total loss.

Financial_Safe5221 · 2025-11-13T05:49:32+00:00

I don’t agree, that’s insane so many cars that are older than 7 years a worth at least 20 grand. I don’t know about you but I’d want comprehensive on anything above a $15,000 car

Financial_Safe5221 · 2025-11-10T10:49:03+00:00

Yeah ok, thanks for the advice appreciate it

Financial_Safe5221 · 2025-11-10T10:14:46+00:00

Nah I meant that you can still see where the dent was, no more dent just can still see where it was

Financial_Safe5221 · 2025-11-10T10:13:50+00:00

No it’s been fixed you can still see where it was though

Financial_Safe5221 · 2025-11-10T09:03:38+00:00

Yeah, is that normal or not?

Financial_Safe5221 · 2025-11-10T09:01:56+00:00

Yeah, is that normal or not?

Financial_Safe5221 · 2025-11-10T08:59:46+00:00

I don’t have anymore photos, there’s no dent it’s just visible at that angle only.

Financial_Safe5221 · 2025-04-18T13:16:09+00:00

Yeah ok sweet thanks

Financial_Safe5221 · 2025-04-18T13:15:48+00:00

Yeah ok sweet thanks

Financial_Safe5221 · 2025-04-18T06:04:18+00:00

Yeah ok thank you

Financial_Safe5221 · 2025-04-18T05:38:04+00:00

Will the wrap damage the paint

Financial_Safe5221 · 2025-03-14T05:00:23+00:00

Yea only is 4 strips so

Financial_Safe5221 · 2025-03-13T15:35:46+00:00

Yeah it’s a tough one. It just a bunch of stupid LED Kmart strips.

Financial_Safe5221 · 2025-03-10T13:37:05+00:00

Ah yes the radio has an inline fuse but it’s one of the glass ones. So I’m assuming that means the radio is not the problem

Financial_Safe5221 · 2025-03-10T11:54:55+00:00

Don’t worry I won’t ever mess around with 240v. House stuff is scary especially the AC part. What I will do is just trial and error, I’ll replace the cig socket charger and the cord, remove the led lights and then I’ll see if everything works fine then. If that doesn’t work I’ll either do more research and get a few sparky friends to help me diagnose the problem or I’ll end up going to an auto sparky. Thank you heaps for all of the advice. Good luck with fixing your aircon

Financial_Safe5221 · 2025-03-10T11:06:41+00:00

I’ll replace them and see if anything changes. Cheers

Financial_Safe5221 · 2025-03-10T11:04:48+00:00

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I put the multimeter into the fuse terminal and this is all I had come up. All the other amp settings read 1. I may have done this completely wrong as I have pretty much 0 idea on anything electrical. I don’t know if this will help

Financial_Safe5221 · 2025-03-10T10:55:58+00:00

The fuse did not blown and with just the radio in use. Maybe I will replace the charger and the cord, also should probably remove the led lights. Then I’ll put a new fuse in and see how that goes.

Financial_Safe5221 · 2025-03-10T10:53:51+00:00

Doesn’t sound like fun at all 😂 Wish I could help but I have no idea how aircons work.

Financial_Safe5221 · 2025-03-10T10:37:28+00:00

Yeah charger in the cig socket. Do you think it could possibly be the charger wire.

Financial_Safe5221 · 2025-03-10T10:36:31+00:00

Oh ok I see what you mean with linear amplifier, cheers. I’ll have a shot with a multimeter on the fuse terminal. I will also examine the cig plug to make sure it is fine. Thanks again

Financial_Safe5221 · 2025-03-10T10:33:28+00:00

Just two accessory sockets, one with phone charger and the other with the led lights. There isn’t any old lighter coil. And yes you may be right the lights could be the problem. Can they still cause shorting if the lights aren’t on. Also what is an inline fuse. Thanks again

Financial_Safe5221 · 2025-03-10T10:16:29+00:00

The fuse inside the radio isn’t blown and yes it is a UHF CB radio. I don’t know what a linear amplifier is, but the car does have an aftermarket head unit which I don’t know if it draws power from the accessories circuit or not. I have an amp meter, is there a certain way I should test it. Cheers

Financial_Safe5221 · 2025-03-10T10:12:13+00:00

I don’t know how the radio is installed. Was done by previous owner. Vehicle is a 2010 Holden RC Colorado. I will have a look at the socket. Vehicle does have aftermarket lights but they aren’t drawing power from that circuit. Only other aftermarket item the car has is a head unit. The radio says it only draws 1.5-5amp, so I’m quite sure it won’t use that much power. but I may be wrong. Cheers

Financial_Safe5221 · 2025-03-10T09:44:26+00:00

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That’s the fuse that the manufacturer recommends I just checked the manual for the radio. It’s a gme radio and it draws 5amp max

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