Fuse keeps blowing

[austinj 10+ year member]

I have an Orion 2500d with a 1/0 gauge wiring kit. This has happened twice so far: When I connect my battery my fuse blows. I do the (+) first then (-). The second time I did this my battery (-) post got real messed up. The terminal can still go on, but there was a huge shock and it looks like the (-) post melted a bit. My fuse blew again. I realize that this is probably due to a short somewhere, but when I inspected the power wire throughout my car I didn't see any slices in the wiring.

Any suggestions or comments? I'm getting frustrated.

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[headless 10+ year member]

I have an Orion 2500d with a 1/0 gauge wiring kit. This has happened twice so far: When I connect my battery my fuse blows. I do the (+) first then (-). The second time I did this my battery (-) post got real messed up. The terminal can still go on, but there was a huge shock and it looks like the (-) post melted a bit. My fuse blew again. I realize that this is probably due to a short somewhere, but when I inspected the power wire throughout my car I didn't see any slices in the wiring.
Any suggestions or comments? I'm getting frustrated.

There's a short somewhere. Does it happen without the amplifier connected and with the ends of the wires well insulated? Could be internal to the amplifier.

1. Unplug power from amp and insulate the exposed ends. Then hook up + wire to batt (ground is not important in this step). Insert fuse. If fuse blows, you have a short in the power wire between the amp and the battery. (amp and the fuse, actually, to be precise)

If fuse does not blow, yank the fuse, then...

2. Plug power into amp, unhook speakers from amp. Insert fuse. If fuse blows, you have a ****ed up amplifier..

If fuse does not blow..., yank the fuse, then...

3. Hook up speaker. Insert fuse. If fuse blows, your speaker is ****ed.

 

[austinj 10+ year member]

thanks for the help, ill give it a try