Cozmoo Posted December 18, 2009 Report Share Posted December 18, 2009 So I hooked up my buddies system today and it came with a fuse block, so we cut the power wire and installed the fuse block and we setup his whole system with the fuse out. We hooked it up to the battery and to his amp, but when we try to stick the fuse in, it sparks. We cannot figure out why because his car is completely off, and we cant put the fuse in, because it is obviously sparking. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kl0wn Posted December 18, 2009 Report Share Posted December 18, 2009 So I hooked up my buddies system today and it came with a fuse block, so we cut the power wire and installed the fuse block and we setup his whole system with the fuse out. We hooked it up to the battery and to his amp, but when we try to stick the fuse in, it sparks. We cannot figure out why because his car is completely off, and we cant put the fuse in, because it is obviously sparking.Any ideas? Is the ground on the front battery hooked up? If so, unhook it then put the fuse in, won't spark. The sparks shouldn't hurt anything though..when I added in my extra battery when I touched the negative side it sparked right when I touched it, I just screwed it down, didn't hurt anything. Quote 06 Mini Cooper S Sundown, SoundQubed Cadence, XS Power 151s Sealed 155s Outlaw Windshield @ 37hz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snow Posted December 18, 2009 Report Share Posted December 18, 2009 lmao. Quote Vehicle: 2001 Dodge Dakota Headunit: Alpine IVA-D310 Sub: 2005 RE Audio XXX 15" Sub Amp: Orion 2500D Frontstage: Diamond Audio Hex's Frontstage Amp: Sundown Audio SAX-100.4D Wiring: Kicker Hyperflex 1/0 Alternator: Mechman 250 Amp Battery: Powermaster D2700 Deadener: 100 Square Feet Raamat BXT II Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cozmoo Posted December 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2009 Well his battery is in his trunk, but yeah, the ground is hooked up in the battery. So unhook the ground, put the fuse into the block. then screw the battery ground back in? ok. the only pain with that is his ground on his battery is hard to tighten, but we can make it work. haha. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96 Tacoma Posted December 18, 2009 Report Share Posted December 18, 2009 make sure your amp power wires arent backwards as well Quote 03 Ram 1500 3.7 v6 quad cab H/U: Pioneer 4200UB Subs: 4 DC LVL 4 15s D1 Sub Amp: 2 Crescendo 3kwp strapped Highs Amp: Crossfire xp240.2 Highs: Crossfire 2 rs69, 2 rs52 Alt: DC POWER ALT 270XP Batts: 5 sprinter data safe Big 3 0ga New Truck 03 Ram Build Log 6 DC Audio lvl2 15's My Wrecked 99 Dodge Ram Sport Build Log 02 Ranger X Cab Build 02 Ranger Build 2 http://www.dcsoundlab.com/ My linkhttp://www.crescendoaudio.com http://www.dcpowerinc.com/ http://www.crossfirecaraudio.com/ Youtube Vids Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doylerules826 Posted December 18, 2009 Report Share Posted December 18, 2009 yea you should almost ALWAYS unhook the battery when do anything electrical in a car Quote 2000 chevy blazer Avic n1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zfrerichs Posted December 18, 2009 Report Share Posted December 18, 2009 sounds like the amp is simply arcing its charging the caps in the amp. Quote Roseville, CA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cozmoo Posted December 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2009 so its safe to just unhook the battery ground, put the fuse in, and then hook up the ground again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey634 Posted December 19, 2009 Report Share Posted December 19, 2009 so its safe to just unhook the battery ground, put the fuse in, and then hook up the ground again? Yeah, if the car isn't grounded, then no electricity will flow, and no sparking. Make sure the negative is completely disconnected, like, no grounding to chassis, engine block, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PUNKYOU007 Posted December 19, 2009 Report Share Posted December 19, 2009 how much sparking are we talking about here? is it sparking like crazy if you keep the fuse there? or is it like a couple sparks while your trying to push the fuse in? if its sparking non stop then i would say that wire is grounded out somewhere. if its just a lil spark or two its because you have the ground hooked up and when you put that fuse in your completeing the circuit and thats the power trying to get through that line. just unhook the ground and put the fuse in then reconnect the ground. Quote Doethepaperboy "Bars of Pain" Doethepaperboy "Hero Remix" C. Arson d(-__-)b beer sucks...but i can bring some jose cuervo. Only problem is that it makes me horny and gives me the rams. So unless yall wanna fight and then have some great make up sex i will leave it home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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