quick question....

[skeptikal Premium Member]

ok as you know me and monte_carlo97 are doing a custom install in my car. we just got the false floor traced and put in but we are having a problem. after we got the base laid out we decided to hook up the amp to see if it was working properly. welp think again.... right when i turned the car on sparks flew by the fuses on the amp and all 3 x 40 amp fuses blew instantly.

anyone have any ideas on what would cause and amp to blow its fuses. we have checked the power wire and it is touching nothing anywhere.

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[Acidburn 5,000+ posts]

sounds like a short to me

 

[monte_carlo97 10+ year member]

Someone help us, i don't want to blow any more fuses. Although it was fun watching the sparks fly.

 

[skeptikal Premium Member]

acid could you elaborate on where the short may be?

 

[Acidburn 5,000+ posts]

did the main power line fuse blow?

 

[monte_carlo97 10+ year member]

did the main power line fuse blow?

no it is a 100 amp anl fuse.

But it was blowing before we put the ANL fuse in.

Before it was agu style.

Now the fuses are blowing on the side of the amp.

So yes it was blowing before. But we rewired everything with 0 ga. and now it is blowing on the side of the amp

 

[skeptikal Premium Member]

no that fuse is still fine. i checked it after i heard the amp fuses pop

 

[Acidburn 5,000+ posts]

then something caused a shit load of current to go through your amp but not through the fuse by the battery

or the power and ground are reversed

 

[skeptikal Premium Member]

i'll recheck the + and - tomorrow but i'm pretty sure it was ok. i have a 250 amp anl fuse under the hood, a 100 amp to the distro block and the amp fuses keep blowing!!!! ahhHH!

 

[monte_carlo97 10+ year member]

nope. Power and ground are not reversed b/c that is what i thought it was, But it was not it.

 

[Acidburn 5,000+ posts]

i would check to make sure there are no stray wires anywhere in the line

and also if you're ok with it, open the amp up and make sure everything looks ok there (nothing touching that shouldnt be)

 

[Termlab 10+ year member]

nope. Power and ground are not reversed b/c that is what i thought it was, But it was not it.

that would have been my guess... did you double check, or are you just assuming you hooked them up right??

 

[monte_carlo97 10+ year member]

we might end up cracking it open. But we checked for stray wires and there was nothing.

 

[monte_carlo97 10+ year member]

are you just assuming you hooked them up right??

no i really did double check.

 

[skeptikal Premium Member]

if i dont have any bass on the hour and a half ride home, i'm going to snap. bump!