Recent content by danp129

I would try a different brand HU, buy one from walmart and return it with the receipt after testing

True, I rarely see people doing that so it didn't come to mind

You will be ok with 16 for speakers. For the subs you might want to use 10g to be on the safe side. You're trying to use a wire rated for 21 amps to handle a 27.4 amp load. You might get away with doing so since music is dynamic and impedence rise though.

check your fuses to see if one is blown...

In the calculator you'd put in the individual ohm of the speaker and if more than one speaker of the same ohm is sharing the same channel, divide the watts by the # of speakers. So if your 1500wrms @ 2ohm is actually two 4ohm subs getting 750 rms each then enter it as that.

who said 8g ?

Depends on Watts, Ohm load, and length. http://www.bcae1.com/wire.htm

Well do you get the noise with the RCA's disconnected? If so then it's not the amp ground.

Maybe you blew your pico fuse, read this thread and the many like it. http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=298976

What voltage do you get after you set it by ear?

The voltmeter needs to be set to AC

Use the RCA that is labelled subwoofer, like the blue/white pair in this picture

My birthsheet said 1647 rms. On my oscilloscope/DMM it showed 1689 @ 14.2

Is the sub volume on the HU set to 0 (-14 to 0 adjustment)?

I believe 16g works to 300rms @ 4ohm / 150rms @ 2ohm http://www.bcae1.com/wire.htm