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<blockquote data-quote="bikejunkie223" data-source="post: 1271736" data-attributes="member: 563147"><p>You can easily test for voltage drop with a multimeter. Measure voltage at one point in the circuit, and then measure it farther in the circuit, the difference between the 2 voltages is your voltage drop, and should be minimal (i'm assuming you are talking about your amp power wire), so check for voltage at the fuse by the battery. write that reading down (it should be about 12.6v with the car not running. Then check voltage at the amp input. should still be very near 12.6v, if it's lower, you have unwanted resistance between the 2 points (bad wire, poor contact at the fuse, poor wire contact in a fuse holder) Hope that helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bikejunkie223, post: 1271736, member: 563147"] You can easily test for voltage drop with a multimeter. Measure voltage at one point in the circuit, and then measure it farther in the circuit, the difference between the 2 voltages is your voltage drop, and should be minimal (i'm assuming you are talking about your amp power wire), so check for voltage at the fuse by the battery. write that reading down (it should be about 12.6v with the car not running. Then check voltage at the amp input. should still be very near 12.6v, if it's lower, you have unwanted resistance between the 2 points (bad wire, poor contact at the fuse, poor wire contact in a fuse holder) Hope that helps. [/QUOTE]
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