Re: wire and amp problems

Originally Posted by
faeezhio
Good day, a buddy of mine connected his amp in his car, he put a switch on his earth cable(8guage) running from the battery, the live is running straight to the amp(8guage).....but the problem is that the connection where the switch is keeps on getting extremely hot even though no music are being played....now I would like to know what you guys think the problem could be? Its not a big amp 200rms(class ab) and it worked well before until recently...the amp goes on, the fuses (it takes 30a x 2) are all good....but what problems could occur throw such connections? Could the amp still be damaged? we haven't checked if the amp is working normal yet
Any amp will draw some current when the internal power supply is running, even with no audio. It sounds like the switch he's using is having issues. But the guys before are right - you should NOT be switching the power wires, especially the ground. There are likely other paths to ground that the current could take when the switch is off, like through RCA cables to the source. Those currents could hurt whatever the amp is connected to.
dave
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