Just installed new system and sub randomly hitting when the car is off?? Help!

[What was that? 10+ year member]

So I buy this "add a fuse" thing and it's just plug and play basically? Then how do I shut the amp and sub off?
From the way the guys above described it, it sounded like a device I plug the remote on off into, it has like an 'on off' switch itself, and when i get out or in the car I'll turn it off and on there. From that little device the remote on off goes back into the amp like it normally would.

Is that not what they were describing?

They are talking about two different solutions. First you can get a toggle switch that switches on and off. You will tap directly into the existing remote wire. You will have to do this somewhere it can easily be reached. The same existing remote wire goes into the switch and out from the switch. When you flip the switch the power is aloud to pass (on) or blocked (off). You don't have to remove the head unit or anything but possibly an interior trim panel for easy access to the existing remote wire. If the remote runs off the LOC you may want to run the wire to a place you can easily each the switch every time you turn the car off.

The second option described is an add on fuse. It is a fuse adapter that taps into your accessory fuse panel. It will have a wire hanging off it to allow you to connect your existing remote wire to it. It will have it's own fuse to protect your add on equipment. Use a 1 amp fuse as remote signals are intended to be weak. Tap into an accessory fuse that loses power when the key is off (radio?).

If you are cutting the remote wire rather than disconnecting it from the head unit or loc don't forget to insulate (ie;electrical tape ) the end you are not using as it will still be sending a signal.

The pics are of the acc add on. You can see it has a slot for the existing fuse and the add on. The other is my discrete toggle switch installation on the steering column panel. The other is a LOC. Something like that will likely be tied in to your rear speaker wires.

 

[Staynlean 10+ year member]

Maybe I missed it but will it play music at all?

Are the pops just random after you initially turned it on the first time?

Did you test it with remote wire removed to see if it still pops when the ignition is turned on?

We need to know

 

[Jepalan]

Did you test it with remote wire removed to see if it still pops when the ignition is turned off?

We need to know

^^^^THIS!!!! That is at least the third time someone has asked this question (me twice). OP - did you remove the gawl dang muthur funking summbeetch REM wire and did it stop popping? DO not do anything until you answer this question.

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[MasonSS 10+ year member]

^^^^THIS!!!! That is at least the third time someone has asked this question (me twice). OP - did you remove the gawl dang muthur funking summbeetch REM wire and did it stop popping? DO not do anything until you answer this question.
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haha I'm sorry, I have no idea how I missed it, I usually read all posts.

I haven't disconnected the REM wire yet. I'll give that a shot. Just curious, what will this show?

 

[Jepalan]

haha I'm sorry, I have no idea how I missed it, I usually read all posts. I haven't disconnected the REM wire yet. I'll give that a shot. Just curious, what will this show?

You said the sub is randomly thumping when the car ignition is OFF. The amp power is connected directly to the battery, and the REM wire is what turns it on and off. I am trying to isolate whether the problem is with the REM wire control circuit or whether the amp itself might be going bad.

If the sub still thumps with the ignition OFF and the REM wire disconnected, then the problem almost certainly has to be the AMP.

So it is basic troubleshooting - trying to isolate the problem in big chunks.

If the random thumps stop after disconnecting the REM wire, then we have to assume some thing is pulsing voltage to the REM wire and we will HAVE to trace the REM wire back to its source - the question will be if it is connected to a auto-sensing LOC, or to the car's ACCY circuits. BUT first things first.

 

[What was that? 10+ year member]

^^^^THIS!!!! That is at least the third time someone has asked this question (me twice). OP - did you remove the gawl dang muthur funking summbeetch REM wire and did it stop popping? DO not do anything until you answer this question.
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Yep

 

[Staynlean 10+ year member]

What happened Op?