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[cutthrough 10+ year member]

Both of my amps will not turn on. I have a 4 gauge power wire going from the bat to a distro block. One 4 gauge and one 8 gauge is coming out of the block one. The 4 goes to the sub amp and the 8 goes to the mid amp. I have checked the amp turn on lead multiple times and it is right. Could there be a problem with the ground or is it something else someone can think of?? Please help. This problem has been buggin me out.

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[pw91686 10+ year member]

check the terminals connecting to the battery

 

[dbhittin 5,000+ posts]

fuses not blown? bad ground, hook up the right wire on the deck for the amp?

 

[Bake 10+ year member]

Have you checked all of your fuses? Get your hands on a meter or test light and trace the problem down.

 

[tplaya07 10+ year member]

Yeah. You should get a multimeter, and make sure that you have voltage at the + and - on the amp's terminals. If not, check all fuses. If you have a very low voltage, make sure your grounds are scraped down to bare metal, and properly secured.

If you do have voltage at the terminals, you can run a short jumper wire from the amp's remote terminal to the + terminal. If the amp turns on, you probably have the remote wire ran off the radio antenna, rather than the amp turn on antenna. You can also check this by switching the source on the HU from CD to radio.

 

[kotec123 10+ year member]

i bet its connection wise........do what they said^^^ for sure.....maybe do the multimeter stuff last as its prolly a ground and or fuse