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Amplifying Stupidity
Ok, believe it or not this is not the first amp I have ever hooked up
but here's the scenario: used amp, but reportedly functional, all new wires in a first time install car. I hooked everything up correctly, to the best of my knowledge. The last thing I did was connect the battery cable and pop! bye bye fuse. Check all of the connections and try another fuse with the same result. I disconnected the remote wire and traced it back, I checked the voltage and it is 12v switched (key on, key off). I connected the remote back to the amp with no connection to the back of the radio. Now here's the funny part: when I connected the remote to the radio accessory lead the radio came on! The amp still didn't come on and there wasn't even a key in the ignition! It seems to me that the remote is somehow connected to the Batt+ terminal, right? Is this a classic case of a shorted amp or blown or something? Or do you suppose I missed or criss-crossed something? HELP!! Thanks. |
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Broken!
-- Mark remove "remove" and "spam" to reply "Taylor is cool" wrote in message om... Ok, believe it or not this is not the first amp I have ever hooked up but here's the scenario: used amp, but reportedly functional, all new wires in a first time install car. I hooked everything up correctly, to the best of my knowledge. The last thing I did was connect the battery cable and pop! bye bye fuse. Check all of the connections and try another fuse with the same result. I disconnected the remote wire and traced it back, I checked the voltage and it is 12v switched (key on, key off). I connected the remote back to the amp with no connection to the back of the radio. Now here's the funny part: when I connected the remote to the radio accessory lead the radio came on! The amp still didn't come on and there wasn't even a key in the ignition! It seems to me that the remote is somehow connected to the Batt+ terminal, right? Is this a classic case of a shorted amp or blown or something? Or do you suppose I missed or criss-crossed something? HELP!! Thanks. |
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"MZ" wrote in message ...
Broken! -- Mark remove "remove" and "spam" to reply Actually it just turned out to be a bad ground. Electricity... she's a fickle mistress. "Taylor is cool" wrote in message om... Ok, believe it or not this is not the first amp I have ever hooked up but here's the scenario: used amp, but reportedly functional, all new wires in a first time install car. I hooked everything up correctly, to the best of my knowledge. The last thing I did was connect the battery cable and pop! bye bye fuse. Check all of the connections and try another fuse with the same result. I disconnected the remote wire and traced it back, I checked the voltage and it is 12v switched (key on, key off). I connected the remote back to the amp with no connection to the back of the radio. Now here's the funny part: when I connected the remote to the radio accessory lead the radio came on! The amp still didn't come on and there wasn't even a key in the ignition! It seems to me that the remote is somehow connected to the Batt+ terminal, right? Is this a classic case of a shorted amp or blown or something? Or do you suppose I missed or criss-crossed something? HELP!! Thanks. |
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Actually it just turned out to be a bad ground. Electricity... she's
a fickle mistress. A bad ground made your fuse pop? What else did you fix? |
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Mark Zarella wrote in message ...
Actually it just turned out to be a bad ground. Electricity... she's a fickle mistress. A bad ground made your fuse pop? What else did you fix? Well, I had the remote wire connected to the "ACC" of the radio. I tested it with a multi-meter and sure enough it was 12v switched and I thought that "ACC" was short for accessory (isn't it?). For some reason this lead didn't work, too many volts or whatever. I ended up using the power antenna lead and it works fine. Go figure. |
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