MISC: Hooking up car amp.. Opps
10-22-2012, 01:05 PM
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Hooking up car amp.. Opps
Yeah.. I'm a dumbass.. A couple of variables here led me to where I am..
A. it was late and I was in a hurry.
B. When I first installed the first amp (6 months ago or so) i used a red wire for the ground.
The jist of the story is this; I attached the car battery to the amp ground and the car ground to the amp battery. Re-attached the battery ground at the battery and the fuse blew.. No smoke, no smell, just blown fuse.. Didn't have any more fuses so I just waited to troubleshoot today till I could get some more fuses.
I got the fuses and went to put one into the amp, then realized my mistake of the switched polarity
. Switched the polarity on the amp to be correct. Installed fuse, connected battery then the fuse blew again. Tried about 5 fuses and each one blew.
Did I toast the amp?
I have been installing stereos into my cars since I was 16 and this is the first time I have ever done this.. I feel like a complete dumbass.
A. it was late and I was in a hurry.
B. When I first installed the first amp (6 months ago or so) i used a red wire for the ground.
The jist of the story is this; I attached the car battery to the amp ground and the car ground to the amp battery. Re-attached the battery ground at the battery and the fuse blew.. No smoke, no smell, just blown fuse.. Didn't have any more fuses so I just waited to troubleshoot today till I could get some more fuses.
I got the fuses and went to put one into the amp, then realized my mistake of the switched polarity
. Switched the polarity on the amp to be correct. Installed fuse, connected battery then the fuse blew again. Tried about 5 fuses and each one blew. Did I toast the amp?
I have been installing stereos into my cars since I was 16 and this is the first time I have ever done this.. I feel like a complete dumbass.
Last edited by SwervinCL; 10-22-2012 at 01:15 PM.
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10-22-2012, 03:29 PM
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^^ Ill un-hook everything tonight and re-hook it back up. Maybe something else is messed up..
I still can't believe that I did what I did in the first place. I just hope I didn't fry the amp. The fuse should have stopped any permanent damage from being done, in my mind anyways. Kind of what that fuse is there for.
I still can't believe that I did what I did in the first place. I just hope I didn't fry the amp. The fuse should have stopped any permanent damage from being done, in my mind anyways. Kind of what that fuse is there for.
10-24-2012, 08:35 AM
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I made sure that it was all hooked up the other day and the same thing kept happening.. I too thought it was a ground issue. Moved the ground and it still did it..
I have fried an amp too so I know the symptoms.. Usually smoke and that burnt electronics smell.. None of that happened.. I'm really at a loss with this thing. It is blowing my mind.
pun intended
I have fried an amp too so I know the symptoms.. Usually smoke and that burnt electronics smell.. None of that happened.. I'm really at a loss with this thing. It is blowing my mind.
pun intended
11-04-2012, 02:16 AM
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If you really wanna try and pinpoint the issue start from scratch and reinstall everything, maybe ur power wire( after fuse) is touching ground somewhere don give up yet usually a fuse won blow unless ur touching ground even if ur amp is fried it will usually just go in protect mode, btw I know a guy that repairs amps if ur interested
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