Question on blown fuse

[bunkerking09 10+ year member]

I thought i had everything wired correctly, but apparently not, i haven't had the chance to look at everything but let me double check on a few things.

1. In car audio(or audio in general) when given red and black red is always positive and black is always negative, correct?

2. Could i have blown a fuse from wiring my sub backwards? Or does it have to be my power/ ground wire?

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[wr11shredz 10+ year member]

try a more powerful fuse

 

[bunkerking09 10+ year member]

try a more powerful fuse

it was a 200A fuse, and i know my alternator can't push that. so i know thats not the problem

 

[wr11shredz 10+ year member]

i guess you might wanna rewire that sub then

 

[blazeplacid 10+ year member]

I thought i had everything wired correctly, but apparently not, i haven't had the chance to look at everything but let me double check on a few things.
1. In car audio(or audio in general) when given red and black red is always positive and black is always negative, correct?

2. Could i have blown a fuse from wiring my sub backwards? Or does it have to be my power/ ground wire?

#1 not always but most of the time yes

#2 which fuse is it? The one on the amp? A min fuse on the actual car? or an inline fuse?

Does it blow as soon as you hook it up or when you turn something on or when you music is on and past a certian level?

 

[bunkerking09 10+ year member]

#1 not always but most of the time yes
#2 which fuse is it? The one on the amp? A min fuse on the actual car? or an inline fuse?

Does it blow as soon as you hook it up or when you turn something on or when you music is on and past a certian level?

should have been more informative sry.

it was the inline fuse, i actually dont see any fuses on my amp //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif it blows as soon as it makes contact with both ends

 

[bunkerking09 10+ year member]

bump

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

try a more powerful fuse

um no, if your blowing a fuse, there is a problem. using a more "powerful fuse" is not what you do to fix that problem

 

[revrider1 5,000+ posts]

Maybe u have a short somewhere...

Wire touching metal?

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

do you have a cap? it would initially draw more than 200amp:fyi:

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

bad ground? something touching? did you use ring terminals, or just shove the wire in?

 

[bunkerking09 10+ year member]

revrider- thats what i'm thinkin

dman- no i have an extra battery in the back though

jco- i used terminals, the ground is my old one from my previous system, it worked fine

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

i guess you might wanna rewire that sub then

que? wiring a sub wrong will not cause the fuse to blow. It might cause an amp to turn off/ go into protect if the sub's impedance is too low for the amp to handle.

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif in only two posts you managed to make yourself looks like a dumbass who doesn't know any better //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[revrider1 5,000+ posts]

re route or trace all ur wire back to the battery, u have a grommet in the firewall?

 

[bunkerking09 10+ year member]

re route or trace all ur wire back to the battery, u have a grommet in the firewall?

its actually not going through the firewall.

goes through the engine bay then under next to the chassis(maybe something is touching there) then up through a small hole behind my seat.