added 2nd battery now amp stays on?

[cocoleveo7686 10+ year member]

I have a yellow top upfront and I just added one to the rear. How come now the amp doesnt turn off? it did before with 1 battery.

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[bbeljefe]

I have a yellow top upfront and I just added one to the rear. How come now the amp doesnt turn off? it did before with 1 battery.

The second battery has nothing to do with the amp staying on. How you wired it or what happened while you were wiring it does. I would check to make sure you didn't get a stray wire shorted from the power input to the remote input on the amp.

Ninety nine out of 100 times, when we have a strange problem with electronics we install (whether we're professional or not)... it's a wiring error.

 

[Full Tilt 10+ year member]

The second battery has nothing to do with the amp staying on. How you wired it or what happened while you were wiring it does. I would check to make sure you didn't get a stray wire shorted from the power input to the remote input on the amp.
Ninety nine out of 100 times, when we have a strange problem with electronics we install (whether we're professional or not)... it's a wiring error.

Hit the nail on the head. OP, the battery provides power for the amplifier, but your remote wire is what actually tells it to turn on. Check your remote wire to the full length, and see if you can find where or why it's not sending a signal to your amp.

 

[cocoleveo7686 10+ year member]

All I did different was add the battery. So your saying check the remote turn on at the amp? Thats the only thing I disconnected while adding the 2nd battery besides the neg and positive

 

[CRXBMPN 5,000+ posts]

Yes. If you unhooked something and it worked before, and now does not... chances are, you need to double check your double check.

 

[cocoleveo7686 10+ year member]

Yes. If you unhooked something and it worked before, and now does not... chances are, you need to double check your double check.

Ill have to check my other amp to see if its turning off. If it is im just going to jump from one amp to the other for the remote. Is that fine?

 

[CRXBMPN 5,000+ posts]

I've had no problems jumping remotes in the past

 

[cocoleveo7686 10+ year member]

Yea that's what I'm going to do because the amp for my mids smd highs turns off but my one for the subs dont.