My subs aren't working

[mrmonkey 10+ year member]

I was driving and the subs started cutting in and out, working for a while and then stopping for about five seconds at a time. When I got home, I checked the amp and such and all looked fine. I started driving again and the sound from my subs completely stopped after about a minute. Hmm. I returned home (I was close) and checked the back, and it appeared that on my amp, the wire with the label "GND" was completely unconnected (I think because the wire is pretty tight and the box shifts in my trunk a lot). I didn't install it in my trunk so I didn't really know how to do this, but I figured it couldn't be that hard... The ends of the wire were pretty frayed out so I recrimped the wire, loosened the screw on the amp, placed the wire as deep as I could get it between the place and the screw, and then screwed it all back in tight. Turned my car on, the subs went for about ten seconds and then stopped, and now I can't get any of the sound back. Any idea what I should do? The GND wire looks pretty solid, I got it in there good...

If you read my wall of text and can help my idiocy, that would be fantastic. Thanks in advance //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif.

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[TMali 10+ year member]

the ground wire. does your amp go into protect now?

 

[mrmonkey 10+ year member]

the ground wire. does your amp go into protect now?

Unfortunately I don't know what that means. Enlighten me?

 

[TMali 10+ year member]

what kind of amp is it?

the amp will usually have a red light on it that turns on when the amp overheats or something frys inside

 

[mrmonkey 10+ year member]

It's an Alpine, 600 or 650 watt, can't remember which. It's an older amp, I believe.

I looked at it three times while it was on and music was playing (but no bass), and I didn't see any red light.

 

[ps2cho 10+ year member]

I'd run a new ground cable if you don't know where that one goes to. Just eliminate that as the culprit.

 

[mrmonkey 10+ year member]

I'd run a new ground cable if you don't know where that one goes to. Just eliminate that as the culprit.

I don't know if this changes anything, but I had about a half hour drive today and every time I made a sharp left turn the subs would kick in for about 15-20 seconds at a time, lol. Any more thoughts? Does that mean the ground is fine?

 

[TMali 10+ year member]

sounds like you have a loose wire somewhere, check and doulble check all of your wires for good connection, under the hood and everything

 

[JeepBeats96JGC 10+ year member]

*even the wires inside the sub box, if that thing is sliding around the trunk it may have shook something loose.

 

[wesg631 10+ year member]

If your ground wire is good its probably the wires in your box I had that happen to me once amp powered on had music but no sub , I looked in the box and the wires had come undone in to the box