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    Sounds like you put too big of a load on the circuit and you fried something inside the pac harness. I think audio circuit has a 10amp fuse. It doesn't mean that the PAC can handle 10 amps though. Voltage drop isn't good. It means you exceeded the fuse or the PAC harness. Since the radio still works but it acts weird seems like something shorted out inside the PAC.

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    that sucks, those things are over 100$
    thanks for the info though, it makes sense.
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    You kinda wired it up like "newbie 001", this is how many of us learn the "how not to do wiring" of stuff.

    Sorry, but you might need to send stuff out to be repaired. One thing I'd try first is unhooking the battery connections for the pac/whole car and let it sit overnight. And read the owners manual on everything you have. If there's any kind of circuitry reset, maybe you find it or the unhook resets it.
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    I would suspect a bad pac harness as well, These inverters really draw alot of current and alot more then a stereo.

    An inverter, I would even run it from the cigerette lighter plug or even the power windows, I would go direct to the battery and use a Good relay rated for the current the inverter draws if you want switched power.

    Sort of like you would do for hooking up an amp, And use an inline fuse intended for the purpose placed close to the battery.
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