OK, I give up!

[Speedfreely 10+ year member]

I need some help before I drive my car into the river! I just installed my Alpine amp and now it has been shutting down and saying its getting too much current. I also here a nasty buzzing sound that coincides with the engine rpm, on top of that there is a clicking sound that accompanies this whizzing sound. I relocated the ground for both my HU and my amp...both have solid, metal (nice and clean metal, no paint) contact. I have no freakin idea what to do! I have no music! Please help! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crying.gif.ec0ebefe590df0251476573bc49e46d8.gif

Things I also have thought about. I had an alarm intalled back in March. I went under my dash today to drill a new grounding area for my HU and I saw two cut wires with no electrical tape on them...just hangers. Now, I know for a fact I did not cut them. I'm thinking they were from my factory alarm system that $hit the bed...but don't know for sure. Is it possible that the guys who installed my alarm, could have screwed up my electrical system? I can't tell for sure though. This sucks! I have an hour commute each way to work! Ugggggghhhhh!

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[Ricky616 10+ year member]

try grounding ur front rca preouts strip a piece of thin wire and wrap it around ur rca then ground it to the back of the hu using the screws the hu has //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

I need some help before I drive my car into the river! I just installed my Alpine amp and now it has been shutting down and saying its getting too much current. I also here a nasty buzzing sound that coincides with the engine rpm, on top of that there is a clicking sound that accompanies this whizzing sound. I relocated the ground for both my HU and my amp...both have solid, metal (nice and clean metal, no paint) contact. I have no freakin idea what to do! I have no music! Please help! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crying.gif.ec0ebefe590df0251476573bc49e46d8.gif

I see you have a pioneer HU. Recent pioneers have been know for the internal ground on the RCA pre-outs to burn out. Mine had this happen. Check out my thread on how to eliminate the electrical noise coming from your speakers. Some say i went overboard with the thickness of the wire, but i wanted to make sure those suckers were grounded.

http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=147694

 

[Speedfreely 10+ year member]

OK, thanks...but check this out. After I posted my issue last night, I went backout and simply disconnected my front speakers from my amp and turned the fade 100% to the front and guess what? I heard noise coming from my front speakers. The same whine, but the clicking was gone. Can someone please explain to me how my speakers could be emiting a noise while they're not even hooked up?? Is my car possesed?? lol. I will definitely try the RCA grounding...really unbelievable how some of you guys figure this stuff out!

 

[thatsgonnahurt 10+ year member]

OK, thanks...but check this out. After I posted my issue last night, I went backout and simply disconnected my front speakers from my amp and turned the fade 100% to the front and guess what? I heard noise coming from my front speakers. The same whine, but the clicking was gone. Can someone please explain to me how my speakers could be emiting a noise while they're not even hooked up?? Is my car possesed?? lol. I will definitely try the RCA grounding...really unbelievable how some of you guys figure this stuff out!

induced noise from power cables can cause what your describing. check for power cables near speaker wiring.

 

[forbidden 10+ year member]

And crossovers (if you have them) near computers and power lines.

 

[ExtremeODD 10+ year member]

yeah the pioneer rca crap happened with me too. It was causing either (depending if I tossed my ground loop isolator in the line) the subs to not work if the rcas wernt connected via a wire to the HU, or a really loud humming/feedback loop to happen that would have the sub going full tilt. ALl it took to fix it was to take some remote wire, strip both ends, wrap one end on an unused RCA and tape it and take the other and attach it to a random screw on the back of the HU. Works great now, just need to fix the one speaker not working

 

[Speedfreely 10+ year member]

Alright, great advice!! finally a Saturday without rain here in the NE. I can finally work on it tomorrow. (No garage). Or, I can drive it into the river....one of the two. Check my blog on Sunday for Salvage titled 3000GT's...lol:up2somet:

 

[boomzabit 10+ year member]

I need some help before I drive my car into the river!
I also here a nasty buzzing sound that coincides with the engine rpm, on top of that there is a clicking sound that accompanies this whizzing sound.

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When i get frustrated i say the same things. That sucks you have no music.