Irish Mini Owners Club

i just bought a new stereo wit cd player but everytime i have it wired up it plays songs for about a minute and then the fuse coming from main battery supply keeps burning out???? have it wired up wrong? need a stronger fuse????

The fuse is burning out for a reason, you need to check your instalation again, something is not right. Woody is the man to answer this tbh.

is it the fuse in the minis fuse box that goes or the one that came with the radio ,check the rating of both because if the minis own fuse is a smaller rating than the radio and it has other equipment being fed off it,then your overloading the minis fuse,it sounds like load cos if it were a short circuit it would blow straight away but the fact that it takes a minute suggests overload,you may need to look a getting a different supply if its a high powered radio cos cars with big ice usually have uprated altenators and an uprated battery or two,its all down to load

cheers for the info lads... brought it down to one of my mates and he just put in a stronger fuse n that did the job, got the tunes flowing from behind me :lol:

I'd still like to know why the propper size fuse was blowing tbh. :(

rover put in that size fuse for a reason,the cable feeding that fuse may be only rated for the amount that the original fuse was and you could be running the risk of overhaeting the cable with bad bad juju to follow unless a smaller fuse was fitted before

Funny how fire extinguishers are fuse shaped :)

alright lads are u trying to scare me??? the dude that put the fuse in said the one that was originally in it was not very strong (strong enuf)...... but if the cable does overheat i may get a fire extinguisher cuz the cable is extremely thinnish :?

The fuse that came with the stereo, which I presume is new, would have been designed by the manufacturer with as high a rating as they believed necessary to protect the equipment, exceeding this will not only put your stereo at risk it will probably invalidate your warranty.

it was the original fuse on the minis wiring that was changed not the stereos.. would that still have the same effect over heating the wire or blowing up the stereo??

Which fuse are you taking the feed from ? What size was it and what size have you replaced it with, you may have now "over fused" more than just the radio !!

The fuses that are standard in the car are rated for the size of cable in the car and should not replaced by larger fuses.The principle of the fuse is that if overloaded it will melt befor the cable, enlarging the fuse will allow the cable to melt before the fuse.FIRE!!. If your running some nice ICE look at feeding it directly from the battery with large cables and appropeate fuses.

sorry bout late reply but dont worry the mini didnt go on fire yet..
heres the fuses power rating : f10al 250vlac. this doesnt mea much 2 me.....? the wire to the radio doesnt seem 2 b heating up, have had it playing for just over an hour while driving..

Is this fuse holder in the new radio wiring or origional mini wiring.Where did you take the power from the car, what colour wiring?

Its in the original mini wiring.. the power to the radio is taken from the green wire under the stalk

10 amp fuse should be fine

cheers u took alot of fear of burning mini out of my mind!

Thanks alot,

(im blaming u if it catches fire tho!!!) :P

oops! forgot to mention DON'T turn the volumn up above 3!!