fuse on my amp keeps blowing

[TRICKPAT808]

i have a small kicker 150.2 amp for my highs and for some reason the fuse on the amp keeps blowing...i rewired my system so it has its own 8 gauge wire coming from the battery i have everything hooked up right but every time i connect the battery n crank up the truck the fuse on the amp blows...its a 25amp fuse n i have a 30 amp fuse in the front fuse box can anyone help me out im completely lost im startin to think my amp is just broke...

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[Bassin Buick]

probably is blown. kickers are great for that.

 

[TRICKPAT808]

lol oh well then r.i.p amp...thanks man

 

[9515ROB 10+ year member]

might have something shorting out internally

 

[TRICKPAT808]

yea i guess now i gotta get a new one

 

[SicAudio 5,000+ posts]

dbl check your wiring 1st

then try using a 40-60 amp fuse on the wire run and use whatever fuse in the amp that it is supposed to have...

if it is the zx or kx series it may very well be blown... which is not uncommon for that line..

 

[TRICKPAT808]

yea tomorrow when i get some more fuses ill try to test it out...im too broke to be buyin another amp lol...but yea i have a 60 n a few 40 amp fuses left for the fuse box up front...and my amp needs a 25 amp fuse thats not gonna be pushing it?...and could it possibly be something dealing with the ground? btw it is a kx series amp

 

[SicAudio 5,000+ posts]

it could be the ground, but if only the fuse on the amp is blowing it is most likely the amp

they had issues with it for a long time..

 

[TRICKPAT808]

thanks for the help man...

 

[Vestax 10+ year member]

Do you have a digital multimeter? You can test for shorts on your wire run or on the amp. It's $10 and if you're a DIY person, it's very worth the price. Saves you the headaches and money in car audio.

 

[SicAudio 5,000+ posts]

anytime man

if ya need help using a DMM just ask i can walk ya thru it over the phone for free //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

harbor freight and walmart both sell decent basic units for 5-10$ and it will tell ya if the wire has a short just like he said but it wilso do alot more for ya to //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[TRICKPAT808]

looks like imma head over to walmart to get one...

 

[SicAudio 5,000+ posts]

if ya need help lemme know via PM and i can call you for free or you can call me and i will walk you over the continuity test to look for a short 1st //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[TRICKPAT808]

sounds good thanks for the help again man

 

[buffroller 10+ year member]

yeah I bought a DMM as well and it's paid off many times over! Better then blown subs or amp if you wire to wrong oms or something.