amp test

[taintedplay 10+ year member]

ok so i want to test my amp on a different car so i can truely see if its the amp or not. so, on my dads car, im going to put a new piece of 0ga wire to positive, and wire that to the amp. is it ok if i run the 0ga to the amp directly? like it wont fit, but i think the distroblock might be messing it up or something. ill use it if i have too

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[smoka 10+ year member]

You can cut the 0ga down to fit, but its not a great idea.

Or buy one of these

http://www.hifisoundconnection.com/Shop/Control/Product/fp/vpid/1557428/vpcsid/0/SFV/30046

 

[taintedplay 10+ year member]

it just has to work for a min, so ill just cut it. this amp things pissing me off

 

[jaytoofly 10+ year member]

you can get it powered but remember the remote is what gets it to turn on (i say that because thats a mistake i'd make). also how would you test the output of the amp while having it powered? you should be able to run the same test using your own battery as you would with your dads car.

 

[taintedplay 10+ year member]

yea true. the thing is, i can get the amp on in my car, just the output is very very quiet so im trying to isolate reasons why

 

[jaytoofly 10+ year member]

if the way you tested it with your zune is the way i think you test it, use that to give it input and attach a speaker to the output or if your amp has rca outputs you can use another one of the rca/headphone jack things(the same thing you're using to give the amp input) and plug in a set a head phones maybe to see how that works out.

 

[taintedplay 10+ year member]

i did zune with a headphone to stereo adapter and plugged it into the rca on the amp. used a door speaker.

 

[jaytoofly 10+ year member]

i did zune with a headphone to stereo adapter and plugged it into the rca on the amp. used a door speaker.

you can try exactly that but with direct power and ground from your battery.

 

[taintedplay 10+ year member]

so no fuses, and use a cable from the batt neg as a ground?

 

[jaytoofly 10+ year member]

so no fuses, and use a cable from the batt neg as a ground?

id say fuse it just so you dont make matters worse, but dont use the distro or the fuse from it as you're trying to isolate the problem.

 

[taintedplay 10+ year member]

kk. the thing is also though, that i read the right power coming into the amp using a dmm. i read 14.3v at the battery, and also on the wires after the distroblock