200a fuse to big for directed 1500

[corto 10+ year member]

my friend bought my system off of me yesterday and we hooked it up in his 02 bonni. and every thing hooked up perfect. we went to the local car audio shop they said to put a 200a for the fuse so thats what we got. The gains on the amp was not even halfway. The subsonic filter was on. No bass boost. It was hooked 2 a stock cd player with a loc. It sounded perfect. He woke and drove to school and it popped all 3 of the amp fuses and started smoking. He put new fuses in it and still no power. whats the deal.

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[azimuth 5,000+ posts]

doesn't sound good for the directed 1500.

 

[dleccord 5,000+ posts]

i had a 250a fuse before my 1500d; it never smoked.

 

[azimuth 5,000+ posts]

mines 250 now for my ppi and xtant. little too big, but no smoke.

 

[dleccord 5,000+ posts]

got a pic?

 

[Chevyaudio 5,000+ posts]

Its not the 200a fuses fault //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif there was either a problem with the amp or a problem with the install.

 

[corto 10+ year member]

no pics yet think i can send it in to dei after 6 months like like 7 they replaced it in end of march first of april. no wires hanging out of the terminals if they dont replace would it be worth getting fixed?

 

[Immacomputer 10+ year member]

The fuse on the power wire is mainly to protect the wire, not protect the amp.

 

[corto 10+ year member]

protection light blinks and thats it. directed said they would exchange it. what else would have caused this just bad amp?

 

[corto 10+ year member]

are line out converters bad for amps?

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif inline fuses are for your wire, not your amp. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif Youre onboard fuses are for the amplifier. It's not the fuses fault. Look elsewhere for your problems. Double and tripple check your install before you hook up another amp.

 

[corto 10+ year member]

what would i look for? the ground is at the seat belt bolt. the batteries are under the back seat of bonnis. the remote wire was already ran. i tied in to the back speakers with a LOC. Some one who had the car be for had the same thing i did in it. It is hooked to the positve post. not the positve battery post. what other ideas could the set up be wrong?