Kenny's rant/fix thread

[Kenny Pollock 10+ year member]

Should be a piece of cake to fix, especially with all the wires being individual in the trunk.
Sounds like you got one side fixed, now do the same to the other side.

Also, take some detailed close up pics of the power/output side of the amps...

Also, you don't have a DMM. Christ. Get on it. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

nG

Taking a shower and going to my friend's house to get a second eye and hand to fix the other side... wondering if I should go to Home Depot and get a DMM? My buddy said just go to Wal-Mart...

Is it louder?

Hell. Yes.

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Go to HD.

Get a decent one, ~$40 should do it.

nG

 

[Kenny Pollock 10+ year member]

Go to HD.
Get a decent one, ~$40 should do it.

nG

Will do.

 

[Chevyaudio 5,000+ posts]

Home Depot will carry a better DMM. You could also pick up a clamp meter while you were at it if you had the cash. That way you could figure out what you are really getting out of those SAZ's

Dammn Noah beat me to it.

 

[baseballer1100 5,000+ posts]

Whats a clamp meter look like? I want one.

 

[Kenny Pollock 10+ year member]

Home Depot will carry a better DMM. You could also pick up a clamp meter while you were at it if you had the cash. That way you could figure out what you are really getting out of those SAZ's

Dammn Noah beat me to it.

How much should I look to spend on a clamp meter?

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

WOW.

n00bx. EVERYWHERE!!!!!

Arrrrggghhh...

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=Clamp+meter&btnG=Search+Images

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nG

 

[Chevyaudio 5,000+ posts]

Clamps are in the 80 dollar range at Home Depot. But a good one can be had on ebay for 40 plus shipping.

Baseballer A clamp meter looks like a dmm with a "Clamp" on the top of it. You Clamp the meter around the Speaker leads to read AC voltage that way you can do Ohms Law and get wattage. With AC Current, and AC Voltage.

Dammn...Noah did it again.

 

[baseballer1100 5,000+ posts]

WOW.
n00bx. EVERYWHERE!!!!!

Arrrrggghhh...

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=Clamp+meter&btnG=Search+Images

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

nG

My bad dude. My bad. lol I should have thought of google.

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Actually, I just check http://www.homedepot.com

And it looks like their selection sucks balls.

Do you have a Sears near you at all?

nG

 

[baseballer1100 5,000+ posts]

How do you determine a good one?

 

[RAINMAKA 10+ year member]

my dad just told me that fluke has a clamp meter that measures RMS, he said they are pricey but would it be worth it?

 

[j3bus2k3 5,000+ posts]

my dad just told me that fluke has a clamp meter that measures RMS, he said they are pricey but would it be worth it?

The sears by me had a nice deal on Fluke True RMS Clampmeters...a $90 one was marked down to $60 so I picked one up...

 

[forceofwill 10+ year member]

Yeah, there's a sears right by my house. My DMM just stopped working otherwise we'd just use it.

 

[RAINMAKA 10+ year member]

The sears by me had a nice deal on Fluke True RMS Clampmeters...a $90 one was marked down to $60 so I picked one up...

i think i will go to sears soon and see what they have, my dad keeps saying that fluke is the way to go but i will see what sears has