Wiring Problem..

[Jordantyler 10+ year member]

Well Yesterday i was messing with my amp and the Power Wire and Ground Wire touched and make a Flame.. Now the wiring Isnt Working,Do i have to replace the wires? Can you mess the wires up doing that?

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[ssj2xxgotenxx 10+ year member]

use a multimeter and see if a current is passing through the wiring?

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

That would make it too easy //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Best case - your amp has decent protection, and only blew a fuse if it's really protected...or only a Zener diode, which is a relatively straightfoward task to desolder and replace.

Worst case - your amp didn't have any sort of protection, and the reverse polarity killed some FETs and damaged PCB traces...

That's why you never, never, never, never work on a live circuit //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif Disconnecting the negative lead would have prevented this from happening...

 

[Jordantyler 10+ year member]

thanks for yalls help

 

[thai_creeper 10+ year member]

this happened to me, just check the fuse on the power wire near your battery, should be blown

 

[Jordantyler 10+ year member]

Its hard to tell if its blown.. what does it look like when the fuse is blown.. its different From regular fuses..

 

[thai_creeper 10+ year member]

Oh I don't know, my fuse is like most regular ones, not sure what you have but all i can say is try to follow the small metal thing inside and make sure it's not broken in any spots

 

[954runner 10+ year member]

 

[thai_creeper 10+ year member]

^yep that's how my fuse is

 

[Jordantyler 10+ year member]

my fuse is different then that //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif its the Soche Wiring kit from walmart

 

[Jordantyler 10+ year member]

Yah! my fuse is blown bad.. how much do they usually run at caraudio Stores?.. thanks for yalls help!

 

[dleccord 5,000+ posts]

my burned wire somehow had current but wasn't able to turn on amps... then i replace it with new wires .. i can see it burned through the transparent red

 

[thai_creeper 10+ year member]

Yah! my fuse is blown bad.. how much do they usually run at caraudio Stores?.. thanks for yalls help!

don't know, but once you replace it you should be good to go

 

[thai_creeper 10+ year member]

my burned wire somehow had current but wasn't able to turn on amps... then i replace it with new wires .. i can see it burned through the transparent red

**** so you had to buy new wire to replace the power? did the same thing (touch power and ground) or what?

 

[dleccord 5,000+ posts]

for some reason my wires went bad, no fuse was blown though, i get readings from 12-14v but was never able to get them to turn on maybe it was a sloppy install and so i redid the whole wiring and its running fine