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post Apr 22, 2006 - 12:11 AM
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Alright. im waaay confused.

Heres my situation
i got my amp in the trunk.
The power from the battery in the engine bay travels from their to the trunk. the coords from the head unit also do the same. Now the grounding wire that came in the rockford fosgate amp kit, is only like.... 8" long, its not going anywhere but in the trunk.
So, i found a screw already grounded, inside the place where the jack goes, put the ground wire there, gscrewed back in... no power? decided it was a bad ground.
moved it. drilled a tiny little hole under the carpet, next to the place where the jack goes. screwed it in. no power?

unscrewed it. turned car on. it has power....

The amp will turn on when not grounded, but when it is grounded it wont turn on.
The amp will turn on, but wont send signals to my speakers or amps. so i dont know what its doing.
im really confused. and any information would be helpful! thank you.
limited.

fye amp = p3002 subs = 8" phase 1
speakers = 6 x9 40ways

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post Apr 22, 2006 - 3:21 PM
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do you have the remote wire hooked up to the back of the deck where need be?


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post Apr 22, 2006 - 9:31 PM
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QUOTE(celicast3sgte @ Apr 22, 2006 - 3:21 PM) [snapback]424878[/snapback]

do you have the remote wire hooked up to the back of the deck where need be?



yep yep.


i read about the amp. and the "thermal light" is on. which means the amp is over heating and needs to cool off before it will allow it to send signals again, but the thing is. its never been hooked up before so how could it be over heated? hmm?
post Apr 23, 2006 - 3:09 PM
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QUOTE(LimitedST @ Apr 22, 2006 - 9:31 PM) [snapback]424977[/snapback]

QUOTE(celicast3sgte @ Apr 22, 2006 - 3:21 PM) [snapback]424878[/snapback]

do you have the remote wire hooked up to the back of the deck where need be?



yep yep.


i read about the amp. and the "thermal light" is on. which means the amp is over heating and needs to cool off before it will allow it to send signals again, but the thing is. its never been hooked up before so how could it be over heated? hmm?




still nothing. same problem

i took an old bazooka amp i had laying around in the garage. hooked it up with the wires from the RF one and it works fine and sends signals and hte speakers play. so, i know its 100% not my wiring now, and something is wrong with teh amp. Hopefully i can take it back to where my parents go it and they can help me out. even tho it was for christmas. =/

Posts in this topic
- LimitedST   im confuzzled   Apr 22, 2006 - 12:11 AM
- - Hanyo   Did the amp work before? Did you try to temporall...   Apr 22, 2006 - 4:23 AM
- - celicast3sgte   do you have the remote wire hooked up to the back ...   Apr 22, 2006 - 3:21 PM
|- - LimitedST   QUOTE(celicast3sgte @ Apr 22, 2006 - 3...   Apr 22, 2006 - 9:31 PM
|- - LimitedST   QUOTE(LimitedST @ Apr 22, 2006 - 9:3...   Apr 23, 2006 - 3:09 PM
- - Jap6g   with my sub i attached the earth wire to my rear s...   Apr 23, 2006 - 3:50 PM
|- - LimitedST   QUOTE(Jap6g @ Apr 23, 2006 - 3:50 PM...   Apr 23, 2006 - 4:58 PM
|- - LimitedST   QUOTE(LimitedST @ Apr 23, 2006 - 4:5...   Apr 23, 2006 - 5:12 PM
- - celicast3sgte   dude that is not your problem, your sub may have t...   Apr 23, 2006 - 5:13 PM
|- - LimitedST   QUOTE(celicast3sgte @ Apr 23, 2006 - 5...   Apr 23, 2006 - 5:19 PM
- - celicast3sgte   sub-s? if theres 2 4 ohm subs, depending on how it...   Apr 23, 2006 - 5:21 PM
|- - LimitedST   QUOTE(celicast3sgte @ Apr 23, 2006 - 5...   Apr 23, 2006 - 5:25 PM
- - celicast3sgte   yes it should, with nothing connected does it show...   Apr 23, 2006 - 5:27 PM
|- - LimitedST   QUOTE(celicast3sgte @ Apr 23, 2006 - 5...   Apr 23, 2006 - 5:29 PM
- - celicast3sgte   3? can you get me some pics of the whole setup? wi...   Apr 23, 2006 - 5:31 PM
|- - LimitedST   QUOTE(celicast3sgte @ Apr 23, 2006 - 5...   Apr 23, 2006 - 5:34 PM
|- - LimitedST   QUOTE(LimitedST @ Apr 23, 2006 - 5:3...   Apr 23, 2006 - 5:37 PM
- - LimitedST   okay here is my crappy drawing. now if the GND ...   Apr 23, 2006 - 5:49 PM
- - celicast3sgte   sounds like the amp is bad, it should not be able ...   Apr 23, 2006 - 5:55 PM
- - LimitedST   guess ill just try toget another amp. cuz i doubt ...   Apr 23, 2006 - 5:59 PM


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