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Digital Multimeter

And what should it read? Amp is Rockford p5002

they are 4 ohm subs, DVC. I wired each channel directly instead of wiring it as a bridged connection (which is how it was before). It smelled like burning plastic/rubber. So i turned the gain way down, thought i was smelling the new speaker wire that i had put in, and drove for about 5 minutes...

I'm pretty sure i fried my subs having them improperly wired. My buddy is coming over with his multimeter and we're gonna try to figure out exactly what's dead. What should i test? What would healthy readings look like for the various components (amp, speaker wire, connection on sub)?

Well it's certainly not the update i wanted to post. I rewired it as shown in that diagram and replaced the fuses and i'm getting no sound from the subs. The amp is indicating its outputting a signal. I'm guessing I fried the subs. I'm gonna hope i just shorted out the speaker wire with the way...

I would have to do a lot of reading to gain the knowledge on how to remove the cap myself. I'm not looking to put any more money into the system, however i do have a couple of big, bad *** deep cycle wheel chair batteries lying around but i have no idea how to wire that up

Also i need to do the big 3. I have a friend who can probably help me with that. Also the morons who originally installed the system (a shop) connected the power cap to the 4 channel amp powering the front?!?

I'll put an update tomorrow when i do it.

Yeah man, i f&$&ed this up. I'm going to rewire it to the amp how it was previously, then replace the fuses and turn the gain real low. Hopefully i didn't brick my subs, amp, or both. I'm too **** old to be doing idiotic **** like this

No wait, that image isn't accurate. I really should have paid more attention before i disconnected the leads from the amp. It's a two channel amp, and only one connection on each channel was used. No interconnection between the leads on the subs (unless there's something goin on in the box...

Ok guys, i might be retarded. I'm pretty sure this is how it WAS wired: And like i said, when i rewired the subs i just did simple +:+, -:- across both channels. Is this my problem?

Came here to find some help with a problem with my amp/subs. Everyone's been real nice, appreciate it.

I'd certainly be down for someone who knows what they're doing to take a look at it. Didn't realize people meet up from this forum. That's pretty cool. Seems like a good community here. By testing each wire, do you mean with a multimeter?

Honestly, i don't have the skills to pull all the wiring. A shop here in Albuquerque did it at a car dealership's expense, and all the power wiring is under the carpet.

I don't really know what to do. I haven't replaced the fuses on the amp yet, but i guess i'll try putting it back to bridged and hope my car doesn't start on fire and/or i pass out from poisonous fumes.