Painless Radio and Turn Signals Losing Power

[Tandy]

Painless installed losing power to radio and turn signals after 30 minute drive.
I am not getting power back to the next day. The volt meter is going to 0 right before they go out. All other electrical is working fine. Where is the best place to start looking?

 

[DirtDonk]

Hey Tandy, sorry to hear you're having an intermittent issue.
Was that you asking about this the other day? Or is someone else having a similar issue maybe? I think they got theirs taken care of, but not sure. Maybe we can do a quick search for the same thing.
Might be easier to use Advanced Search, look for posts by eric0o1 and see what he's replied to.
Eric is from Painless and is the designer of this particular harness.

Nevermind, I see you were asking about the Bronco shutting off entirely. Does this new issue seem to be happening at the same intervals, or at least have anything else in common with the other issue?

To help narrow it down, where is your volt-meter getting it's power from? This is not a stock function, so knowing where you have yours connected might help us narrow it down a bit.

Thanks. And good luck.

Paul

 

[eric0o1]

Make sure the nut on the black/green wire at the fuse block is tight. This is what provides switched power to the fuse block from the ignition switch.

from a PM I sent you last week...

"The fact that you say it will crank but still not start tells me that the power is still going to the ignition switch, so it's not a ground issue at the battery being that the starter turns over. It's just that you have no power to the switched ign side of the fuse block. This could either be caused by a faulty ignition switch or the wire coming loose at the fuse block.

Being that you let it sit and it will then start and you have switched power again tells me a loose wire at the fuse block isn't the case. So that leaves us with something at the ignition switch being the issue. I can't say why it's only doing it when you drive, but I think replacing the switch is the first logical thing I would do."