I have a Sony amp + Stinger 1 Farad cap. powering one JLW6. Recently I am
having some weird problem.. in some day, when I started the amp (not even
play music yet) the amp. didn't start (the amp. internal protector kicked
in)!! So, I put a voltmeter between the +ve and -ve on the amp.
Surprisingly, the reading is around 7 v!!! Then, I put the voltmeter +ve
on the fuse (see photo), and -ve to the body of the car, it read 12V and
then all of a sudden everything worked fine.. the amp reading was back to
12V ??!!! That really annoyed me... Any of you expert experienced such odd
problem before?

Originally I thought it was my old cap problem, then I replaced with this 1
Farad cap (brand new in photo). Still got the problem in some bad days. Not
every day though... in some good days, the whole system worked perfectly..
weird..

See photo he
http://members.rogers.com/londonboy/images/amp/amp.jpg

Thanks for any advice...

Replace your fuse, they sometimes go bad at the connection and will do what
your is doing.


Paul Vina



"John Addington" wrote in message
. rogers.com...
I have a Sony amp + Stinger 1 Farad cap. powering one JLW6. Recently I
am
having some weird problem.. in some day, when I started the amp (not even
play music yet) the amp. didn't start (the amp. internal protector kicked
in)!! So, I put a voltmeter between the +ve and -ve on the amp.
Surprisingly, the reading is around 7 v!!! Then, I put the voltmeter +ve
on the fuse (see photo), and -ve to the body of the car, it read 12V and
then all of a sudden everything worked fine.. the amp reading was back to
12V ??!!! That really annoyed me... Any of you expert experienced such
odd
problem before?

Originally I thought it was my old cap problem, then I replaced with this
1
Farad cap (brand new in photo). Still got the problem in some bad days.
Not
every day though... in some good days, the whole system worked
perfectly..
weird..

See photo he
http://members.rogers.com/londonboy/images/amp/amp.jpg

Thanks for any advice...

"Paul Vina" wrote in message
news:ai2fb.664743$Ho3.137661@sccrnsc03...
Replace your fuse, they sometimes go bad at the connection and will do
what
your is doing.


Paul Vina



"John Addington" wrote in message
. rogers.com...
I have a Sony amp + Stinger 1 Farad cap. powering one JLW6. Recently
I
am
having some weird problem.. in some day, when I started the amp (not
even
play music yet) the amp. didn't start (the amp. internal protector
kicked
in)!! So, I put a voltmeter between the +ve and -ve on the amp.
Surprisingly, the reading is around 7 v!!! Then, I put the voltmeter
+ve
on the fuse (see photo), and -ve to the body of the car, it read 12V
and
then all of a sudden everything worked fine.. the amp reading was back
to
12V ??!!! That really annoyed me... Any of you expert experienced such
odd
problem before?

Originally I thought it was my old cap problem, then I replaced with
this
1
Farad cap (brand new in photo). Still got the problem in some bad days.
Not
every day though... in some good days, the whole system worked
perfectly..
weird..

See photo he
http://members.rogers.com/londonboy/images/amp/amp.jpg

Thanks for any advice...



I've seen something like this before and it turned out to be dodgy ground
point on my transit van.

Oh... you have seen this before.. I am glad that I am not alone. Maybe I
will try to replace the fuse, do you know what is the best chemical to clean
the connection point? WD-40??

Thanks again..



"Paul Vina" wrote in message
news:ai2fb.664743$Ho3.137661@sccrnsc03...
Replace your fuse, they sometimes go bad at the connection and will do
what
your is doing.


Paul Vina



"John Addington" wrote in message
. rogers.com...
I have a Sony amp + Stinger 1 Farad cap. powering one JLW6. Recently
I
am
having some weird problem.. in some day, when I started the amp (not
even
play music yet) the amp. didn't start (the amp. internal protector
kicked
in)!! So, I put a voltmeter between the +ve and -ve on the amp.
Surprisingly, the reading is around 7 v!!! Then, I put the voltmeter
+ve
on the fuse (see photo), and -ve to the body of the car, it read 12V
and
then all of a sudden everything worked fine.. the amp reading was back
to
12V ??!!! That really annoyed me... Any of you expert experienced such
odd
problem before?

Originally I thought it was my old cap problem, then I replaced with
this
1
Farad cap (brand new in photo). Still got the problem in some bad days.
Not
every day though... in some good days, the whole system worked
perfectly..
weird..

See photo he
http://members.rogers.com/londonboy/images/amp/amp.jpg

Thanks for any advice...

It's not the connection point exactly, it's the solder joint inside the
fuse. Replacing it is the only way to fix it.


Paul Vina



"John Addington" wrote in message
le.rogers.com...
Oh... you have seen this before.. I am glad that I am not alone. Maybe I
will try to replace the fuse, do you know what is the best chemical to
clean
the connection point? WD-40??

Thanks again..



"Paul Vina" wrote in message
news:ai2fb.664743$Ho3.137661@sccrnsc03...
Replace your fuse, they sometimes go bad at the connection and will do
what
your is doing.


Paul Vina



"John Addington" wrote in message
. rogers.com...
I have a Sony amp + Stinger 1 Farad cap. powering one JLW6.
Recently
I
am
having some weird problem.. in some day, when I started the amp (not
even
play music yet) the amp. didn't start (the amp. internal protector
kicked
in)!! So, I put a voltmeter between the +ve and -ve on the amp.
Surprisingly, the reading is around 7 v!!! Then, I put the voltmeter
+ve
on the fuse (see photo), and -ve to the body of the car, it read 12V
and
then all of a sudden everything worked fine.. the amp reading was
back
to
12V ??!!! That really annoyed me... Any of you expert experienced
such
odd
problem before?

Originally I thought it was my old cap problem, then I replaced with
this
1
Farad cap (brand new in photo). Still got the problem in some bad
days.
Not
every day though... in some good days, the whole system worked
perfectly..
weird..

See photo he
http://members.rogers.com/londonboy/images/amp/amp.jpg

Thanks for any advice...

I can attest to this... I had a 4 ga cable running through a vehicle and
the same problem... A friend suggested changing the fuse, I thought the
fure is good, that will never help... It helped...

I have also seen the bad ground thing.. Cold solder joints or just bad
connection between groundwire and body.


"Paul Vina" wrote in message
news:0y4fb.663277$YN5.511115@sccrnsc01...
It's not the connection point exactly, it's the solder joint inside the
fuse. Replacing it is the only way to fix it.


Paul Vina



"John Addington" wrote in message
le.rogers.com...
Oh... you have seen this before.. I am glad that I am not alone. Maybe
I
will try to replace the fuse, do you know what is the best chemical to
clean
the connection point? WD-40??

Thanks again..



"Paul Vina" wrote in message
news:ai2fb.664743$Ho3.137661@sccrnsc03...
Replace your fuse, they sometimes go bad at the connection and will do
what
your is doing.


Paul Vina



"John Addington" wrote in message
. rogers.com...
I have a Sony amp + Stinger 1 Farad cap. powering one JLW6.
Recently
I
am
having some weird problem.. in some day, when I started the amp
(not
even
play music yet) the amp. didn't start (the amp. internal protector
kicked
in)!! So, I put a voltmeter between the +ve and -ve on the amp.
Surprisingly, the reading is around 7 v!!! Then, I put the
voltmeter
+ve
on the fuse (see photo), and -ve to the body of the car, it read 12V
and
then all of a sudden everything worked fine.. the amp reading was
back
to
12V ??!!! That really annoyed me... Any of you expert experienced
such
odd
problem before?

Originally I thought it was my old cap problem, then I replaced with
this
1
Farad cap (brand new in photo). Still got the problem in some bad
days.
Not
every day though... in some good days, the whole system worked
perfectly..
weird..

See photo he
http://members.rogers.com/londonboy/images/amp/amp.jpg

Thanks for any advice...