lights flickering

[skadude016 5,000+ posts]

ok I have a refurb 1100D Directed amp. I had it all wired up and everything. 4 gauge wires for poer and ground. I hook it up and the lights are flickering (and no bass) so i rev the engine to get it some more current. lights stop flickering.... but i blew my 80amp fuse! Get a new 80 amp fuse and the unhook the speakers. Lights still flickering.... what is going on?!

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[Patrick Simmons 10+ year member]

Sounds like a bad ground to me. Recheck it.

 

[tRiGgEr 5,000+ posts]

Did you set your gains with a DMM? Recheck all wires. Some thing is causing the fuse to blow and it normally is the gain/wires/amp itself.

 

[OldManTod 10+ year member]

Yeah... I have heard of this.... oh wait... hold on a second... yep... thats it, I did see this somewhere else...

In your double post...!!!

(just bustin your nuts)..

T

 

[skadude016 5,000+ posts]

haha thanx lol.... anyways. i regrounded everthing. and now i have 3 amp fuses blown! ugh! so is it the amp? i am thinking about jus shipping it back to ike....

 

[skadude016 5,000+ posts]

any other suggestions guys?

 

[btmorris972 10+ year member]

make sure your power wire is intact under the hood. if it got loose and got burned for instance it will blow your fuse and might really **** up your car.

this happended to me i was in a huge hurry and forgot to zip tie the power wire to anything under the hood. it got burned and touched metal i guess. it blew my fuse and a really nice infinity kappa 5 chanell amp.

good luck

 

[skadude016 5,000+ posts]

i hook my other amp with the same power and ground and it works fine.