Hi, I'm new and apparently an idiot

[Tranquil 10+ year member]

I bought a system off of craigslist. (First mistake)

I wired the 750watt amp with a 1400watt kit as it's all the place had (Second mistake)

The problems:

Everything seems fine. I drive a 2003 Ford Taurus SE... I ran my power cable from the battery (unplugged negative before I did anything) to my amp. Didn't plug it in, grounded my amp, plugged it in. Set up my speakers with a converter and ran them into the RCA inputs. Installed the subs with positive and negative in the right spots.

I don't know where my remote cable would be on a stock head unit, but I'm sure I could figure it out if I could get past this problem.

My fuses in the amp are blowing. Like crazy. Every time I connect the negative terminal. My ground should be fine, I sanded off the paint and connected it right next to the antenna on a bolt that's connected to the frame. I don't have any more fuses, I went through a box... haha //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

Any help is much appreicated.

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[ThatChevyGuy 5,000+ posts]

Wired wrong. Take it to a shop.

 

[zack39648 10+ year member]

sounds like your amp is fried or wired wrong

 

[Techchild 10+ year member]

Did you make sure your power wire is in the power wire space and not in the ground wire space //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[ThatChevyGuy 5,000+ posts]

space??!

how about TERMINAL

noob.

 

[Tranquil 10+ year member]

^Haha, yeah. For sure. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[avs20 10+ year member]

Why is wiring a 750 watt amp(which Im sure it's a max rating) with a '1400 watt' amp kit(max as well) wrong? I dont understand your logic...overwiring is fine, underwiring is a no-no.

 

[Tranquil 10+ year member]

^Thanks, that's confirmation I needed so I can rule that out. I don't know car audio, that's why I'm asking questions. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[ThatChevyGuy 5,000+ posts]

I said ITS WIRED WRONG.

LIKE WIRE DONT GO DER OR WRONG WIRE, nothing about the amp kit...

sheesh

 

[Techchild 10+ year member]

space??!how about TERMINAL

noob.

How about I was trying to use words they would understand? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif

 

[avs20 10+ year member]

I said ITS WIRED WRONG. LIKE WIRE DONT GO DER OR WRONG WIRE, nothing about the amp kit...

sheesh

I said something about the amp kit. Quit being a dick.

 

[Tranquil 10+ year member]

I said ITS WIRED WRONG. LIKE WIRE DONT GO DER OR WRONG WIRE, nothing about the amp kit...

sheesh

Impressive. Really.

 

[Tranquil 10+ year member]

Any other suggestions?

 

[Tranquil 10+ year member]

Wired wrong. Take it to a shop.

Tested the amp with no plugs other than ground, power, and remote. And that was at the hood with 10' of power cable, 1' of ground and a 18 gauge as my remote. Still blew fuses, thus I've come to the conclusion:

My amp is faulty, though you couldn't have suggested that! No way. Next time you jump to conclusions about someones problems, (in the help/support forum) at least go through that tiny list in your big head about what the possibilities are.. other than human fault. I wired it just fine, thank you very much.

 

[Techchild 10+ year member]

Did you make sure that the ground is correct on the amp and not in the power terminal and the power in the ground, I accidently did that and it blew all my fuses.