ChevyBoy95 Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 (edited) I drew this diagram to help visualize the situation of how what is set up, wired, etc. when i connected the point shown in the picture, NOT EVEN TO THE SECOND BATTERY IN THE BACK YET, STARTED MAKING SPARKS (HOT ONE'S). I turn around and there is smoke under my hood, i hurry and disconnect it, go around the front of my truck and everything is fine except the 3 fuses up front are blown, none of the others. WTF DID I DO WRONG?!?! i have done this multiple times with more amps and had no issues. Edited January 17, 2012 by ChevyBoy95 Quote Best Score to Date : 160.5 dB Outlaw (47Hz)[4 XM 15's & 2 Taramps Bass 12k's] BL : http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/147800-chevyboy95s-4-15s-7krms-wall-1533-db-on-half-power/YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/hitemwiththeflex/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audiofanaticz Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 If your having sparks, then you probably have a ground wire connected someplace to a positvie terminal. Also, your missint 2 more fuses on the 2 runs of positive wires that run from front battery to rear batteries. Your supposed to fuse those runs on each end, otherwise the 2 fuses under the hood are pretty much useless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassJunkie Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Did you have a remote in the amp and did it try to turn on? Could be an amp grounding itself (fried). Or the battery the amp is grounding to isnt grounded. Quote 1986 C20 Suburban 9 American Bass XFL 15's B2 M1MKII 14v XS Power Batteries Maxwell Caps Acoustical energy is free. Electrical energy is not you havent lived until you've hit a screw with a router. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguels Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 (edited) you need to fuse the back batteries too for safety you might have touched the wires by accident, there had to be a ground connected or it wouldnt have shorted like that edit: because we have ninjas in this forum Edited January 17, 2012 by Miguels Quote my logshttp://www.stevemead...-my-new-set-up/my blow through loghttp://www.stevemead...future-updates/ 96 ss http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/164094-96-impala-ss-build/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarioB Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 ^ this. and good thing you had fuses. add 2 more to the other ends of those runs to the rear. Quote 12- DC Audio m2Lvl3 12's1- Hertz HSK3 way2- DC5K's2- ZX350.42- Stinger SP1500D batteries in rear3- runs of 1/0ga. to the rearTeam DC Audiodcsoundlab.com Quality is all in how you take pictures I have plenty of projects that look WAY better on camera then in person crazy to fit so many in so little. Reminds me of some of the porns I've seen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChevyBoy95 Posted January 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 If your having sparks, then you probably have a ground wire connected someplace to a positvie terminal. Also, your missint 2 more fuses on the 2 runs of positive wires that run from front battery to rear batteries. Your supposed to fuse those runs on each end, otherwise the 2 fuses under the hood are pretty much useless. ok, good to know. will do that. i guess in the morning ill re check all my wires to make sure i wasn't mixing wires. Quote Best Score to Date : 160.5 dB Outlaw (47Hz)[4 XM 15's & 2 Taramps Bass 12k's] BL : http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/147800-chevyboy95s-4-15s-7krms-wall-1533-db-on-half-power/YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/hitemwiththeflex/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChevyBoy95 Posted January 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 and for clarification, when you wire up multiple batteries like above, what order do you go in wiring? back batts to front, front to back? i know positive before grounds, but what order? Quote Best Score to Date : 160.5 dB Outlaw (47Hz)[4 XM 15's & 2 Taramps Bass 12k's] BL : http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/147800-chevyboy95s-4-15s-7krms-wall-1533-db-on-half-power/YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/hitemwiththeflex/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassJunkie Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 (edited) I personally go back to front. That way you have zero chance of harming your cars electrical since its in no way connected to your front engine bay. Hook it up, test the voltage, then connect to the front bank to the rear bank. Edited January 17, 2012 by BassJunkie Quote 1986 C20 Suburban 9 American Bass XFL 15's B2 M1MKII 14v XS Power Batteries Maxwell Caps Acoustical energy is free. Electrical energy is not you havent lived until you've hit a screw with a router. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bre2ts Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 doesnt matter as long as you don't have any batteries grounded for safety precaution Quote Feedback 1 | Feedback 2 you win some, you lose some Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChevyBoy95 Posted January 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 went out and checked, the alt fuse is completely blown, and the 2 in the power runs didnt blow(1 looks almost new, the other is brownish black in the center but didnt melt through), but you cant tell they discolored just a bit. i got out my DMM and checked all the lines that i touched to the short ground(front the other back battery with the mids highs amp on it) which caused the sparks. all read 0.00v except for the bass amp ground, which read 2.63v, i think that is just reserve charge in the amp, but if not someone explain. Quote Best Score to Date : 160.5 dB Outlaw (47Hz)[4 XM 15's & 2 Taramps Bass 12k's] BL : http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/147800-chevyboy95s-4-15s-7krms-wall-1533-db-on-half-power/YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/hitemwiththeflex/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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