Sundown Amp Not Working

[CrownMe 10+ year member]

hey, I'm having an issue with my sundown SAE1000D. It simply not turning on. When I test the power terminal with the volt meter its only showing 3.3 whereas if I pull the power wire out of the terminal and test it, its shows anywhere between 12 and 13. I really dont know what it could be, any ideas? ... blown amp? any possible solutions?

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[kmanian 5,000+ posts]

is it new? do you have the origional reciept?

 

[CrownMe 10+ year member]

no its not, i bought it used off here, it was working fine and then it turned off a while back, it was just waaayyy too cold to look at. So I left it, and every once in a while like every 2-3 weeks it would randomly turn on and then go out a few minutes later

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

Loose wire?

 

[stangman67 10+ year member]

blown fuses?

 

[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

take the power wire and run a piece off to the remote wire.. see if it will turn on then

 

[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

your fuse might not be Blown completely but cracked and so it might cut on and off when it bumps around and touches more and less

 

[kmanian 5,000+ posts]

check you wiring, and do as above

 

[CrownMe 10+ year member]

Thanks for the replies... fuses dont look blown, the wire is not loose either, but I will double check the remote wire again, and just replace the fuses just incase, anything else I should check while im at it

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

Sundown amps don't break. Everyone knows this.

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

Sundown amps don't break. Everyone knows this.

Think about the Titanic.....

 

[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

Thanks for the replies... fuses dont look blown, the wire is not loose either, but I will double check the remote wire again, and just replace the fuses just incase, anything else I should check while im at it

check your ground.. maybe it came loose and is vibrating.. causing the circuit to open/close..

 

[CrownMe 10+ year member]

^^ my othe amp is grounded at the same place, it doesnt seem to be an issue with the ground.

But would it make sense for it to be reading fine when I pull out the wire, but as soon as it touches terminal even if i touch the volt meter leads directly to the wire it drops down

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

^^ my othe amp is grounded at the same place, it doesnt seem to be an issue with the ground.
But would it make sense for it to be reading fine when I pull out the wire, but as soon as it touches terminal even if i touch the volt meter leads directly to the wire it drops down

Maybe a power wire is grounding out inside of your amp?

 

[CrownMe 10+ year member]

possibly, is there any way of checking that/fixing that?

 

[funkyab 10+ year member]

possibly, is there any way of checking that/fixing that?

YUP.. open it up!!

 

[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

is this with the car on or off that you measure? if its when its on if the amp is in protect it probably won't try to pull as many volts

 

[roarzorz 10+ year member]

If your power wire is dropping to 3v then you have a power wire issue.

 

[bassknocker23 10+ year member]

^^ my othe amp is grounded at the same place, it doesnt seem to be an issue with the ground.
But would it make sense for it to be reading fine when I pull out the wire, but as soon as it touches terminal even if i touch the volt meter leads directly to the wire it drops down

I had this exact problem,

I absolutely had no problems with my ground then all of a sudden, bam, nothing works, I tried everything except my ground(i thought since it worked before, why would it just stop?). I finally sanded the paint away from my ground and BAM! BINGO!

I read the wires with a meter and they all ready 12 volts until I tried to turn the amp on....then they dropped straight to 3 volts and wouldn't work.

I know u other amp is working fine, however, don't underestimate those tricky bastards..

SAND THE PAINT AWAY FROM GROUND AND TRY AGAIN.

GL,

Bass

 

[Papermaker85 5,000+ posts]

open it up.. see if any thing is burnt... tcould be a number of things... than again a bad ground can cause drop to occur.. ever see 277 loose a nuterul at a load center??