Hello caraudio, this is my first post and I am in need of help indeed!
My amplifier is not powering on, on a consistent basis. Sometimes it will.... other times it won't. Here's the rundown of my wiring and what I have checked thus far.
My 8 gauge power wire has an in-line fuse and connects directly to the positive terminal of my car battery. I have checked this fuse for continuity with a dmm and it is good. My 8 gauge ground uses the same post that my battery grounds to. When all is hooked up and car is off my dmm reads 12V between the + and - terminals on the amp. When I check the remote wire the dmm also reads 12V between the remote terminal and ground terminal. With the car running, both read 14V+. All that said.... the amp does not power on.
At this point, I was concerned that my amp was no good. For kicks I disconnected the remote wire and added a jumper from the main power. The amp powered on and worked that way for a few days... now it won't.
My theory is that my car battery is not able to power on the amp. To check this manually, I added a switch so that I could control the remote wire directly, rather than my head unit doing so. This way, I could fire up the car, wait as long as I felt necessary, and then power up the amp.... no dice. What is really confusing me is that there are 14V+ at the amp, so I know it has power to it, it just doesn't work on a consistent basis.
Any suggestions?
If it's of any consequence, I am trying to push a 1600 watt Lanzar.
My amplifier is not powering on, on a consistent basis. Sometimes it will.... other times it won't. Here's the rundown of my wiring and what I have checked thus far.
My 8 gauge power wire has an in-line fuse and connects directly to the positive terminal of my car battery. I have checked this fuse for continuity with a dmm and it is good. My 8 gauge ground uses the same post that my battery grounds to. When all is hooked up and car is off my dmm reads 12V between the + and - terminals on the amp. When I check the remote wire the dmm also reads 12V between the remote terminal and ground terminal. With the car running, both read 14V+. All that said.... the amp does not power on.
At this point, I was concerned that my amp was no good. For kicks I disconnected the remote wire and added a jumper from the main power. The amp powered on and worked that way for a few days... now it won't.
My theory is that my car battery is not able to power on the amp. To check this manually, I added a switch so that I could control the remote wire directly, rather than my head unit doing so. This way, I could fire up the car, wait as long as I felt necessary, and then power up the amp.... no dice. What is really confusing me is that there are 14V+ at the amp, so I know it has power to it, it just doesn't work on a consistent basis.
Any suggestions?
If it's of any consequence, I am trying to push a 1600 watt Lanzar.
