NEED HELP ASAP... tryin to fix now!

[Only The Best 10+ year member]

so i have a dodge ram 1500 2005... i just replaced the alternator and added a 0 guage from the alt to the battery which is also connectd to a optima red top in the back... and i just put my rockford fosgate t1000.1bd back in the truck running 2 alpine type r (1000rms) subs... when i hooked everything up my subs wont budge until im around half volume and when they do move its like a horrible sounding bass possibly clipping and it skips pretty bad?... i dont think its the rca's because i have a 5 channel amp following that one and the sub on that one sounds good...

my voltage is good but when the subs start to hit the battery guage goes down really fast...

the last time i had this setup i didnt have the 0 guage hooked up from the alt to the battery and it worked fine... i dont know whats going on??

thanks for the your help in advance!

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[argenis69 10+ year member]

Did you check all the fuses and connections?

 

[Only The Best 10+ year member]

The amp is connected straight from the battery in the back. And everything looks solid

 

[Chriszle 10+ year member]

Are your subs wired out of phase?

 

[Only The Best 10+ year member]

No both subs are wired the right way...

 

[ThatChevyGuy 5,000+ posts]

No both subs are wired the right way...

Check the impedance of each sub with a dmm.

Sounds like a bad ground also

 

[Only The Best 10+ year member]

my grounds are solid but ill check the impedence today after i get out of gov. and im goin to take it to a shop and see what they think as well and hopefully i can figure out whats wrong... i had a problem with the amp buzzing before i took it out previously and put a bead of silicone on top of the toroid to stop the buzzing which did stop the buzzing but now its doing this?... even if the silicone was put in the wrong spot it wouldnt matter right?

 

[Only The Best 10+ year member]

So I switched the amp out with another amp and nothing was wrong. So now I know it's the amp. But is there a way to test if the RCA is causing the problem?

 

[Only The Best 10+ year member]

So I remeber I touched my power wire to the rca jack. And that's what blew my sub. Now how do I fix this?

 

[jrdnhsnbrg 10+ year member]

So I remeber I touched my power wire to the rca jack. And that's what blew my sub. Now how do I fix this?

So you touched the power wire to the RCA input and the amp and sub blew... Not surprised here. Most amps can't handle input voltages higher than 6V, and your truck puts out 12.5-14.4V depending on if it's running or not. Time for new subs and an amp.

 

[Only The Best 10+ year member]

well it only blew one of the subs... and there has to be a way to fix this? like there should be a fuse somewhere after the rca connections

 

[jrdnhsnbrg 10+ year member]

well it only blew one of the subs... and there has to be a way to fix this? like there should be a fuse somewhere after the rca connections

As far as I know they don't fuse the RCA inputs. I could be wrong though. If they're blown, they're blown. You got lucky it didn't blow both. Warranty at all?

 

[garychoffmann 10+ year member]

No fuse on the rca's, if your not familiar with how to repair an amp you'll probably end up having to send it off for repair. Its not a do it yourself task for someone without knowledge. Trying to fix it yourself can do costly damage.

 

[Only The Best 10+ year member]

No fuse on the rca's, if your not familiar with how to repair an amp you'll probably end up having to send it off for repair. Its not a do it yourself task for someone without knowledge. Trying to fix it yourself can do costly damage.

ive taken a couple of them apart im just not familiar with this issue... was just tryin to get some insight before I took it on myself... if I cant fix it I will probably just buy a new one

 

[cfox10 10+ year member]

You have another sub running off a 5 channel including those two?

WHY?