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[SlammeD_SiR 10+ year member]

i finnaly installed my amp and my sub today after a year

and doesnt the fuse pop right when i turn it on

i didnt even get to hear it, ne ideas y maybe the fuse would pop so fast, everything is connected in the right places

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[sanmarcosZfreak 10+ year member]

to small of a fuse

 

[SlammeD_SiR 10+ year member]

well wut size should it be, i use the one that came wit the wiring kit

im runing it off a rockford fosgate bd1000 (temp)

to small of a fuse

 

[SlammeD_SiR 10+ year member]

yea it suxxxx //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif i had no time to get another one i had to goto work

pwnt.
my amps did thart- turns out the fuse was crooked FTL.

 

[sanmarcosZfreak 10+ year member]

well i dont know wat size fuse u were using so how can i tell you wat size to use?

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

lol, check all your wires.

 

[RandyJ 10+ year member]

to small of a fuse

Would not blow the fuse instantly unless he was using something like a 5mA fuse.

 

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Would not blow the fuse instantly unless he was using something like a 5mA fuse.

Fuses usually take a small amount of time to blow, so it could just be a bad fuse. But I would check for faulty grounds and then pick up a new fuse. The fuse that came with the wiring kit should be right for the gauge power wire you had. Just make sure you don't get a fuse rated too high for the power wire you are running. That could cause some serious problems.

 

[SlammeD_SiR 10+ year member]

the one it came with was a 60a fuse. it wasnt the cilinder ones

it was a 4 gauge kit

do u think i shoould go wit the same fuse or try anotheer one, i dun want to fry nething

 

[sanmarcosZfreak 10+ year member]

um ive seen fuses pop instantly

 

[mattmcss 10+ year member]

I accidently wired one of my old amps backwards, power wire into ground, and it kept poppin fuses, Make sure you double/triple check all the wires !

 

[4runnercrazy 10+ year member]

there are such things as bad fuses, try another one

 

[tRiGgEr 5,000+ posts]

A fuse blows for a reason //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif

Check the entire length of the power wire. Make sure it was not sttripped anywhere. Make sure the amp is connected properly.

 

[PowerNaudio 10+ year member]

disconect the power cable from the battery ones you have replaced the fuse. disconet the power cable from the amp, with a dmm using the continuity setting, put one tester on the power cable and the other to a good ground if it beeps you have a short some where on that power cable. if you dont have a short. disconect the speaker from the amp. hock the amplifier back up and turn it on if it blows it , your amp is bad if it dont. then your sub might be shorted.

 

[RandyJ 10+ year member]

Fuses usually take a small amount of time to blow, so it could just be a bad fuse. But I would check for faulty grounds and then pick up a new fuse. The fuse that came with the wiring kit should be right for the gauge power wire you had. Just make sure you don't get a fuse rated too high for the power wire you are running. That could cause some serious problems.

The give away that it is not a bad fuse is the fact that it popped instantly. That is usually an indicator of wayy too much current, and since he did not get to hear it, the amplifier was not pulling that current trying to make a signal, it was pulling it because I suspect it was shorted out somewhere.