My installation woes - please help

[peteman70 10+ year member]

Alright, so after about 5 hours of getting angry from installing and reading diagrams and so forth, I decided to come to the wise men on the mountain. So instead of trying to pinpoint my problem, I'd just describe what I'm doing.

So, I used to have subs and an amp. But I got rid of them and got new subs, new amp, and a capacitor. I have my power cable going from my battery to my capacitor, connected to the + terminal, and then the power cable continues to the amp, where it says "Battery".

Then I have a ground cable coming from my amp to my - (negative) terminal on my capacitor, and then the ground cable continues to a piece of metal in the back of my hatch. Subs are not in yet.

With this all connected, the protection light comes on on my amp, and the voltage meter on my capacitor doesn't come on (it's a Monster 2.5 farad cap, in case that matters.) Thank you for any help you can give me.

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[`pr0digy 10+ year member]

Isn't the cap supposed to be inline ? Like, power wire goes into the +, then out from the -, THEN onto the sub ?

 

[supa_c 5,000+ posts]

Is the cap charged ?

Why would you connect the amps ground to the cap ?

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

ditch the cap - it hurts, really it does.

pics would be nice too!

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[themainjam 10+ year member]

most people dont like caps here but hopefully someone has had experience with them!!!

i have not....

 

[jtomsic 5,000+ posts]

u need two seperate grounds, one from the cap to the a bolt, and one from the amp to a bolt. the amp is going into protect because ur trying to ground it on the cap.

 

[peteman70 10+ year member]

Unless I acidentally charged it without knowing it, then no, I didn't.

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

also, your batt may be near it's death...

 

[supa_c 5,000+ posts]

Ditch the cap like DBfan put.

Then see if it all works

 

[jtomsic 5,000+ posts]

please try what i said, run seperate grounds, one for amp, one for cap. it will work.

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

please try what i said, run seperate grounds, one for amp, one for cap. it will work.

good one, I missed that post!

I'll just make sure he see's it better

 

[peteman70 10+ year member]

Alright, I get it. So two grounds is what I need? Thanks a lot, I'll give her a try. And thanks to everyone for your quick help.

 

[supa_c 5,000+ posts]

ALL:

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[jtomsic 5,000+ posts]

let us know if it works.

 

[skeptikal Premium Member]

I had the exact same problem with my cap... connect 2 seperate grounds and it will work hopefully.