321slapinbass Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 setting a bass amp. i was trying to use my dd-1 and when i touch the positive probe to the (+) output on my digital designs amp, it will spark when it makes contact and the amp goes into protect. i was using track 5 the "inbetween" setting. i tried it with the track playing and also with the track on pause and it sparked both times. after messing with it i saw that the ground wire had come unsoldered off of the aligator clip, so i unhooked the dd-1 from the amp and unpluged the wire harness from the dd-1. i then crimped the ground wire back onto the aligator clip. i then plued the wire harness back into the dd-1 and as the plug "rca looking plug" made contact with the dd-1 it sparked??? with the ground re-conected i retried tuning my amp and now its not going into protect anymore, so thats good. so i figured everything was working okay but now the dd-1 wont pick up the 40 hz signal, i made sure that the track was playing and the radio was turned up. the dd-1 should be sensing the 40 hz signal because my amp has already been set with the dd-1 and i didn't move the gain at all. so, not sure if my amp fucked up the dd-1 or if the dd-1 fuck up itself.... help? Quote 2000 Dodge Durango Subs - (2) SKAR VVX 15 D2's Box - 7.2 ft^3 @ 33hz, 120 in of port Sub amp - Digital Designs M2 @ .5 ohm Mids + Highs - PRV Audio Mids + Highs amp - Hifonics 2000.4 Headunit - Alpine CDE-100 Equalizer - Clarion EQS746 Batteries - Mopar group 27 + (2) C&D 52ah Wiring - 1/0 BIG 3, (2) runs 1/0 Alternator - Singer 250A 147.79 dB @ 35hz - burp - sealed on dash 147.47 dB @ 35hz - music - sealed on dash YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/user/321slapinBass/videos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big-A Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 What was the gain set at when you first touched the probes to the + terminal? Quote 2004 Dodge Ram Head unit- Alpine iDA-x305s Sound processor- Clarion eqs746 Mids/Highs amp- Alpine MRV-F345 Sub Amp- Alpine MRD-M1005 Dash Speakers- (3) Dayton Audio rs75 Front Door- Skar SPX65c Rear fill- Skar SPX tweters and Dayton ND140 midbass Sub- Fi Audio SSD 15 high QTS SHCA power/ground cables and Stinger interconnect XS power D6500 under the hood and D680 in the amp rack Big 3+ with SHCA http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/161174-dodge-ram-quad-cab-fi-ssd15-skar-audio-alpine-shca/?p=2326251 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
321slapinbass Posted February 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 What was the gain set at when you first touched the probes to the + terminal? the gain had already been set up with the DD-1 on track 5 a few months back. so the gain was already set properly i just wanted to go back and re check everyhting because it had been a while since i did it last. Quote 2000 Dodge Durango Subs - (2) SKAR VVX 15 D2's Box - 7.2 ft^3 @ 33hz, 120 in of port Sub amp - Digital Designs M2 @ .5 ohm Mids + Highs - PRV Audio Mids + Highs amp - Hifonics 2000.4 Headunit - Alpine CDE-100 Equalizer - Clarion EQS746 Batteries - Mopar group 27 + (2) C&D 52ah Wiring - 1/0 BIG 3, (2) runs 1/0 Alternator - Singer 250A 147.79 dB @ 35hz - burp - sealed on dash 147.47 dB @ 35hz - music - sealed on dash YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/user/321slapinBass/videos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamHT Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 Wait...what? Quote Tell me...does this smell like chloroform to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kranny Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 i dont understand how the speaker terminals can spark if there is nothing playing on the headunit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundstream15 Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 Speaker wire was disconnected right? If you didn't get a new head unit or amp, why would you retune? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swordlordboy1234 Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 This thread mind fucks me. Waiting on Steve or tony to tune in Quote My old YouTube channel : http://www.youtube.com/user/SwordLords1234?feature=mhee My old build log : http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/161872-96-accord-b2-sundown-sky-high-dc-power-re-re-build-for-heatwave/page-37 My New Build - http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/207041-2016-mazda-6-sql-build/ 2016 Mazda 6 Touring JL Fix 86 - OEM signal correction B2 prototype DSP 6to8 B2 Ref63 - 3 way active set 2 B2 Class H quattro's 1 B2 Zero.5R @.5 2 B2 HNv3 12 d2 B2 SLIP40 - Lithium in the trunk Northstar Group 35 under the hood 100ft 2/0 welding cable 30ft 4ga welding cable 20ft 8ga welding cable All stinger OFC speaker wire Soundrive custom RCA's Tons of attention to detail.... Can it be perfect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamHT Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 I'm pretty sure all technical questions should be sent to them anyways. Let me see if I can remember the email. Quote Tell me...does this smell like chloroform to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
321slapinbass Posted February 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 found the problem. http--,,--// now im not positive but.... option 1: i didn't turn the gain all the way down from the privious setting before i touched the prob to the amp causing a spark when coming in contact with a conductor "the probe", and because of the high speaker output voltage going into the wire it melted / unsoldered. option 2: the wires on the dd-1 were already unsoldered and touching each other so when i completed the curcit by touch the speaker terminal it shorted and the probe sparked not the terminal. Quote 2000 Dodge Durango Subs - (2) SKAR VVX 15 D2's Box - 7.2 ft^3 @ 33hz, 120 in of port Sub amp - Digital Designs M2 @ .5 ohm Mids + Highs - PRV Audio Mids + Highs amp - Hifonics 2000.4 Headunit - Alpine CDE-100 Equalizer - Clarion EQS746 Batteries - Mopar group 27 + (2) C&D 52ah Wiring - 1/0 BIG 3, (2) runs 1/0 Alternator - Singer 250A 147.79 dB @ 35hz - burp - sealed on dash 147.47 dB @ 35hz - music - sealed on dash YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/user/321slapinBass/videos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meade916 Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 setting a bass amp. i was trying to use my dd-1 and when i touch the positive probe to the (+) output on my digital designs amp, it will spark when it makes contact and the amp goes into protect. i was using track 5 the "inbetween" setting. i tried it with the track playing and also with the track on pause and it sparked both times. after messing with it i saw that the ground wire had come unsoldered off of the aligator clip, so i unhooked the dd-1 from the amp and unpluged the wire harness from the dd-1. i then crimped the ground wire back onto the aligator clip. i then plued the wire harness back into the dd-1 and as the plug "rca looking plug" made contact with the dd-1 it sparked??? with the ground re-conected i retried tuning my amp and now its not going into protect anymore, so thats good. so i figured everything was working okay but now the dd-1 wont pick up the 40 hz signal, i made sure that the track was playing and the radio was turned up. the dd-1 should be sensing the 40 hz signal because my amp has already been set with the dd-1 and i didn't move the gain at all. so, not sure if my amp fucked up the dd-1 or if the dd-1 fuck up itself.... help? first of all bro, i have NO IDEA how you can get a spark off the speaker terminal if A. there is no sound (was on pause). B. the Alligator clip was unsoldered (meaning it has no contact). regardless, please send it to me Steve Meade Designs 2160 Bell Ave Suite C Sacramento, CA 95838 email tracking to [email protected] if there is a problem with the harness, i will give you a brand new one. If its a problem with the unit, i will give you a brand new one and pay for shipping both ways. If its fine, i will ship it back to you at my cost...i just want to see what is going on. You would be amazed how many people have had "problems" with their DD-1 only to say "my bad, i did it wrong" a week later. send it, we will take care of it one way or the other. Quote All SMD products + MORE available at my store here! https://wccaraudio.com/ Subscribe to My Youtube Channel! Over 1,000,000 subscribers strong! Turn on your notifications! http://www.youtube.com/meade916 Follow My Instagram! Daily live feeds from the shop, exclusive content way before it hits my Youtube channel...and little squares with photo's in them http://www.instagram.com/meade916 The Official SMD Facebook fan Page https://www.facebook.com/SteveMeadeDesigns/ Follow my Tweet (Twitter) http://www.Twitter.com/meade916 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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