lolitskasey Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 Alright so i had my voltage meter hooked up and working and everything. But when i took out my cap my meter doesn't work now. I have my power wire running to the power on my amp and the ground wire to the ground wire to my ground on my amp and same with the remote wire. The only think that lights up is the stinger on the meter and it wont turn off when i turn the car off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Johnson Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 You have it hooked up wrong. I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolitskasey Posted July 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 You have it hooked up wrong. I think I have it hooked up the same way i had it hooked up when i had my cap in and it worked fine. now it doesn't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crump Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 (edited) I had the same problem with it not turning off, but thats just because your remote turn on isnt working properly. So the volt meter just gets a constant 12 volt and doesnt turn on and off with the ignition. It should work if you have it wired into the amps turn on (how mine is), but i would try to splice the actual turn on wire from the head unit and split it to the amp and meter. See if that works. Also you said you dont have the cap in, so does that mean your amp isnt plugged in an running? If so then the volt meter is getting power, but its not grounded so it wouldnt be working right. Here is what i did, i ran an 18 guage speaker wire to my front battery and put the start up wire into the amp. But it depends on what voltage you want to read, i just wanted to see my Voltage loss. Edited July 8, 2009 by Crump-T1 Quote Team gg Team doa Installs I have doneMy 2010 Rebuild 144 db so far....2 DC xl 10s Firing into cabin on a RF 25002 12" AQ HD's powered by a Saz 2k + Lots o Mids+Highs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolitskasey Posted July 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 I had the same problem with it not turning off, but thats just because your remote turn on isnt working properly. So the volt meter just gets a constant 12 volt and doesnt turn on and off with the ignition. It should work if you have it wired into the amps turn on (how mine is), but i would try to splice the actual turn on wire from the head unit and split it to the amp and meter. See if that works How would i go about doing that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crump Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 How would i go about doing that? If your doing what you say with everything plugged into the amp it should work, but if its not turning off its the remote turn on lead. So if you could just re-do that wire, from the head unit splice the wire from the headunit and dont plug it into the amp. Quote Team gg Team doa Installs I have doneMy 2010 Rebuild 144 db so far....2 DC xl 10s Firing into cabin on a RF 25002 12" AQ HD's powered by a Saz 2k + Lots o Mids+Highs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolitskasey Posted July 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 Oh alright thanks. But it still doesn't display my voltage when i have it all plugged in to my amp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crump Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 Do you turn your ignition on to turn the amp on? If your amp isnt on it wont work. Try this make sure everything is in the right place, turn on the car, and it should come up and then turn the car off and it should turn off. If not just wire it to the front or if you have it the rear batt. Quote Team gg Team doa Installs I have doneMy 2010 Rebuild 144 db so far....2 DC xl 10s Firing into cabin on a RF 25002 12" AQ HD's powered by a Saz 2k + Lots o Mids+Highs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehoe92 Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 you should connect the remote turn on to the positive of your amp to see that your actual meter is still working. IMO you should leave it that way so you can see before you turn the car on if anything is wrong with your batteries and what they sit at. Quote Wouldnt be thehoe92 without teh purple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lance_aka_64 Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 just connect the "remote wire" on the meter to an ignition source. that way it will only work when your car is on and not have to depend on the actual remote from your deck. Quote Need any thing chromed? Hit me up!!! gamer tag: (360) mEmEnToMoRi64 My Myspace refs: from here: RollinSoLow, Derrick824, Ray from c.a.c.o. : teamsubgopoof, splvictim20, SundownAudioNY from C.A.J. : Donpisto, spladdict19, CAJunkyard, JBLCAMRY, DasBot (robot underground) from ca.com: alxmlr789,photocrazy8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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