i know how you feel as far as equipment burning up... my ipod cables groundwire came loose and hit the power wire, and off the h/u went. of course it happens when im removing the cable because i couldnt figure out why it was crackling so bad, when i went to grab the cord to take off my ipod, the hu shutoff. so i popped the plastic off the connector and looked at it, i figured out what happened. long story short my only 12v switched wire near my h/u is shorted somewhere within the depths of wire hell.... so im screwed for now.