No sound from subwoofer, but amps powering on

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

Okay, I did a complete install this weekend and have one problem.

I installed 2 amps. One for subwoofer, one for door speakers. Both amps power on, and the front door speakers play fine. However, my subwoofer has no sound. I know the amp is on because the voltage light is on. The speaker wire is connected correctly. My only guess is that the rca's are pinched somewhere. Is there anything else I should look for? I can't get to it until this afternoon and thought someone might be able to throw out something else to check for.

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[NhustlaR 10+ year member]

check voltage of RCA's w. a dmm?

or run a second run of rca's through the car to see if they work?

 

[theCybe 5,000+ posts]

Remove the speaker wire leads from the amp.

Tap them against their respective poles on a nine volt battery.

If the speaker didn't jump, you're got trouble inside your box.

If it did jump, you've got trouble inside your amp.

 

[fox_forma 10+ year member]

have you tried hooking the rca's up from the amp that is working into the one for your subs just to see if it is the RCA's that could be pinched?

 

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

The strange thing is that when I switch a setting on the amp, my speaker will pop, but won't play. I'm hoping it's a bad RCA though. I have a jl 1000/1 that sat in my house for a week while waiting to be installed in my new car. I didn't change any settings. I did nothing to it or the subwoofer. I simply took them out and put them in my house in a room noone goes in. I have a thermo 2 test tonight until 7, so I'm gonna have to check later. Thanks for the feedback so far. Will the rca's show a voltage if I put a dmm to them?

 

[neonrt 10+ year member]

double post sorry.

 

[neonrt 10+ year member]

have you tried hooking the rca's up from the amp that is working into the one for your subs just to see if it is the RCA's that could be pinched?

did you try this yet??

jl1001.1? was it new? they like to blow up, as do all regulated amps that i have seen. never saw one make a year yet, but in all fairness i've only sen 2 jl's, and the rest have been pg's.

 

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

did you try this yet??jl1001.1? was it new? they like to blow up, as do all regulated amps that i have seen. never saw one make a year yet, but in all fairness i've only sen 2 jl's, and the rest have been pg's.

Tried a completely different set of rca's. Still nothing. I am getting signal from the amp through the subwoofer speaker wires although I can't recall what it was. I checked voltage, ohms, amps, all have jumping values, but it's too dark to see what they were. At least it tells me I do have signal coming from the amp. This leaves me with the subwoofer. The only guess I have is that the speaker wiring came loose inside, but I have no idea how. They're soldered onto the terminals and they screw on the subwoofer itself. Like I said, I just took it out and set it somewhere else. I don't see what could have caused anything like the wire to come off. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/furious.gif.fc81ca146dbff91fede3ed290dbc4f4c.gif

 

[PatFitz9 10+ year member]

you should buy a dmm... you can get a good one for $20 at walmart and it would have solved your problem in less time than it took to write this post. also, you can set the gains right //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

you should buy a dmm... you can get a good one for $20 at walmart and it would have solved your problem in less time than it took to write this post. also, you can set the gains right //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

your post makes no sense. You're saying I should buy a dmm and that would negate me making the original post. However, I posted right above your response that I checked voltage, resistance, and current (with a dmm) and had jumping values. That helps me narrow it down to subwoofer. Which, still leaves me with no solid cause for my problem.

 

[SubbinNCali 10+ year member]

Are you using different rca jacks on your HU? Does your HU have a non-fade or subwoofer rca on-off feature?

 

[bamaboy 5,000+ posts]

i just use my mp3 player to test if its a HU problem, headphone to RCA ftw, then narrow it down to different levels

troubleshooting is the key to life //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

everyone should have cheap auxilary stuff to change out to find the problem

 

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

i just use my mp3 player to test if its a HU problem, headphone to RCA ftw, then narrow it down to different levels
troubleshooting is the key to life //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

everyone should have cheap auxilary stuff to change out to find the problem

good idea. i'll do that tomorrow. I have a mini-jack to rca cable in my closet.

 

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

good idea. i'll do that tomorrow. I have a mini-jack to rca cable in my closet.

nevermind, i don't. dammit! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crying.gif.ec0ebefe590df0251476573bc49e46d8.gif

 

[theCybe 5,000+ posts]

Remove the speaker wire leads from the amp.Tap them against their respective poles on a nine volt battery.

If the speaker didn't jump, you're got trouble inside your box.

If it did jump, you've got trouble inside your amp.

Why go through all that trouble when I posted a perfectly good method for you to figure out that you've wired your coils out of phase //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif