Amp trouble hellllpppp!!!!

[akheathen Premium Member]

there seems to be a connection problem in the power wire. if you can turn it on with the remote powering the power wire (you can fry the output of the deck doing this), then you are not getting battery power to the amp. fuses can look good, but be bad where you can't see. that little slit could have corroded and turned the wire there into a non-conductive seafoam green hunk of corrosion. the battery connection could be corroded/arced out and not passing power. this is where a volt meter/ multimeter, or even a test light will show you were your problem is.

 

[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

there seems to be a connection problem in the power wire. if you can turn it on with the remote powering the power wire (you can fry the output of the deck doing this), then you are not getting battery power to the amp. fuses can look good, but be bad where you can't see. that little slit could have corroded and turned the wire there into a non-conductive seafoam green hunk of corrosion. the battery connection could be corroded/arced out and not passing power. this is where a volt meter/ multimeter, or even a test light will show you were your problem is.

He did mention that he hooked up another amp and gets power.....which leads me to think that the other amp is possibly bad....??

Or hooked up wrong. I would try both amps again to be sure.

 

[akheathen Premium Member]

He did mention that he hooked up another amp and gets power.....which leads me to think that the other amp is possibly bad....??
Or hooked up wrong. I would try both amps again to be sure.

the other amp could be significantly lower power...... amps can draw 1-30amps just as a power-on surge, typically, and some can drop to 8v, and some need to keep 10.5v to start up. lets say it can pass 2amps and stay 10.5v to power up the power supply...... it might cycle the power supply if the wire or fuse can pass that much, but the amp spikes 4 amps and it drops to, like 6volts..... next test amp powers up on a 2 amp spike, or a 4 amp spike, but stays on at 8v+..... the test amp will power up and stay on.... but it won't stay on at any descernable power level. i've seen many amps not power up due to lack of current at power-on. my bench power just goes crazy..... add a battery, a second power source, or crank the voltage momentarily, (some cases) and it powers up just fine, and idles at under 2amps no problem...... the big key here is that the amp turned on when fed power to both remote and battery off the remote wire.... unless i read that wrong....

 

[yroc434]

Yeah im looking into adding a 2nd battery!!!! Thanks for the info

 

[akheathen Premium Member]

the new amp could have rca ground loop protection and shut off as well........

 

[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

the other amp could be significantly lower power...... amps can draw 1-30amps just as a power-on surge, typically, and some can drop to 8v, and some need to keep 10.5v to start up. lets say it can pass 2amps and stay 10.5v to power up the power supply...... it might cycle the power supply if the wire or fuse can pass that much, but the amp spikes 4 amps and it drops to, like 6volts..... next test amp powers up on a 2 amp spike, or a 4 amp spike, but stays on at 8v+..... the test amp will power up and stay on.... but it won't stay on at any descernable power level. i've seen many amps not power up due to lack of current at power-on. my bench power just goes crazy..... add a battery, a second power source, or crank the voltage momentarily, (some cases) and it powers up just fine, and idles at under 2amps no problem...... the big key here is that the amp turned on when fed power to both remote and battery off the remote wire.... unless i read that wrong....

All this mumbo jumbo....amd all we're trying to diagnose is a faulty amp or faulty operator....or wiring. It shouldn't matter if it's a small amp or large amp. Once you hook it up properly, it should power on.

I've never hooked up an amp and didn't work because of lack of power on (Wtf does that even mean??) But I would have to guess something in the electrical area to not power the amp on, which is key to get that amp alive anyway.

 

[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

Since no one asked, what amps are we dealing with here?

 

[yroc434]

I got it!!! Works perfectly now!!! The remote wire was ripped in half (not sure how that happened) but everythings a go now!! I never ran into an amp not turning on for me so i said ok imma strip out everything and check wires for rips and bare copper per trudging and it was the remote completely in half!!!! I thank everyone for all the help!!!

 

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since no one asked, what amps are we dealing with here?

cab 1600.1

 

[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

I got it!!! Works perfectly now!!! The remote wire was ripped in half (not sure how that happened) but everythings a go now!! I never ran into an amp not turning on for me so i said ok imma strip out everything and check wires for rips and bare copper per trudging and it was the remote completely in half!!!! I thank everyone for all the help!!! 

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cab 1600.1

Troubleshooting can be a ***** sometimes...but also a good thing too as you found out w/o spending a nickel. That's good news man.

That's a solid amp...it just got tested and is on youtube if you wanna check out the bench results.