Incompetent auto electricians (rant)

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mr.syntrx
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Incompetent auto electricians (rant)

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Today I got to see the result of an autoelectrician, in his infinite wisdom, chassis grounding the negative speaker lines to of not one, but two brand new MCS2000 Model II UHF radios and blowing them up, one after the other. In the same vehicle!

Needless to say, that truck won't be going back there, and he'll be getting a bill in the mail shortly.
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how much of a moron do you have to be to even think of hooking audio to chassis ground
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Post by eboe »

....twice.
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Insurance claims are fun!
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