Piece of crap DVM doesnt work.

[flakko 5,000+ posts]

i got this audiopipe fused distro with a DVM... when i plugged everything in, the meter blinks "0.0" and it turns my amplifiers on, and keeps them on. how the heck do i put this thing in? and make it work?

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[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Does it have a seperate ground?

 

[flakko 5,000+ posts]

Does it have a seperate ground?

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nope only a REM. is that a bad thing?

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Is there a wiring diagram for it?

 

[flakko 5,000+ posts]

nope hehe

its this thing: http://www.ikesound.com/product-product_id/2328

i got the power wire comin from both sides, wich works fine, with my system off, it blinks the 0.0 but when i turn it on, the volt meter shuts offf all together

 

[jrz126 10+ year member]

only thing that comes to mind is the remote wire should be connected to ground. In order to measure a voltage, (or power something, like the display on that distro), you need a + and a - (ground). with the REM connection hooked up to the HU remote wire, it will not have a -. (the + comes from the power wire in the distro).

Maybe try to research that alittle. Or give the people at Audio Pipe a call.

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

there is a silver ring on the bottom of that thing, or there is a wire hanging out. they need to be grounded, it is not a remote wire.

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

Yes, as everyone else said...in order for it to work, it'll need to be grounded some where.

Are you sure that's an REM wire and not a ground wire? Reason for it shutting down could be that when you turn the radio on, the REM wire is putting 12VDC into the wire that is actually a ground.

 

[flakko 5,000+ posts]

AH that makes 100% total sense. and it works!

i guess its been planted ito my head that blue - turn on wire