battlewalrus Posted February 10, 2012 Report Posted February 10, 2012 I hooked up my new amp to see if it worked yesterday and it wouldn't turn on, so I metered the power wire and it was sitting at 14.4 volts to the ground and then I metered the remote wire and that was at 13.9 volts so I don't know why the amp isn't coming on. The only thing I didn't check is the RCAs and I don't know how to check them. It's a Hifonics BRZ1700.1D brand new It turned on when I unplugged the left RCA for a second and then turned back off Quote 2005 Honda CR-V AQ HDC315-A Hifonics BRZ1700.1D .5 Ohm 4.4 ft^3 box Kenwood Deck Big 3 XS Power D5100R Starter, D975 Rear
IBleedMusick Posted February 10, 2012 Report Posted February 10, 2012 (edited) RCA's should not affect power to the amp. Have you tried hooking another amp up with the same wires and see what happens? Edited February 10, 2012 by IBleedMusick Quote 2013 Dodge Charger Build Log 1996 Ford Explorer XLT 5.0Build Log 2005 Honda Civic LX Coupe Build Log SMD SUPER SELLER!!!!My Selling Feedback
battlewalrus Posted February 10, 2012 Author Report Posted February 10, 2012 The only other amp I have right now is blown :\ Quote 2005 Honda CR-V AQ HDC315-A Hifonics BRZ1700.1D .5 Ohm 4.4 ft^3 box Kenwood Deck Big 3 XS Power D5100R Starter, D975 Rear
Thomas B Posted February 10, 2012 Report Posted February 10, 2012 Does the power light come on. If not you have a bad amp. Only have power connected no speakers and rca and see if it powers on. You may have a short in your speaker wires and making it protect right away. Quote 91' CRX Si HU - Alpine cda-7995 All stock interior Amp - Crescendo bc3500 Subs - 4 sa 10 d1 spl's Batt - 3 x 100 ah 149.5 Street beat Integra Build Log
Guest Posted February 10, 2012 Report Posted February 10, 2012 (edited) try jumping the remote and b+ this wont do anything since he's getting 14v on both already. is your amp ground in a good location/prepped well? where is it bolted to? if everything on the power connection side of the amp is good then the amp may be messed up :\ Edited February 10, 2012 by Kranny Quote
battlewalrus Posted February 11, 2012 Author Report Posted February 11, 2012 I think it might be a ground problem because it turned on when I was moving everything around and the ground may have shifted and got a good connection to the chassis I'm not building for a while anyway but it'd be nice to get everything sorted out before lol Quote 2005 Honda CR-V AQ HDC315-A Hifonics BRZ1700.1D .5 Ohm 4.4 ft^3 box Kenwood Deck Big 3 XS Power D5100R Starter, D975 Rear
Ray Posted February 11, 2012 Report Posted February 11, 2012 Sounds like it was grounding thru the rcas. Hope that wasnt a pioneer deck hooked to it. Quote 2008 California state record holder 157.2 Bassrace2009 California state record holder 157.0 BassraceRollin 50's 158.7db2009 King of Cali Bassrace2009 USACi score 160.5 @ 42hz
battlewalrus Posted February 11, 2012 Author Report Posted February 11, 2012 (edited) Sounds like it was grounding thru the rcas. Hope that wasnt a pioneer deck hooked to it. It's a kenwood, and what do you mean grounding through the RCAs? Never heard of that before, please elaborate (obviously I know what it would be, but why) Edited February 11, 2012 by battlewalrus Quote 2005 Honda CR-V AQ HDC315-A Hifonics BRZ1700.1D .5 Ohm 4.4 ft^3 box Kenwood Deck Big 3 XS Power D5100R Starter, D975 Rear
Ray Posted February 11, 2012 Report Posted February 11, 2012 If you dont have a ground it will use the rca shield as a ground. Bad shit Quote 2008 California state record holder 157.2 Bassrace2009 California state record holder 157.0 BassraceRollin 50's 158.7db2009 King of Cali Bassrace2009 USACi score 160.5 @ 42hz
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