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Old Sep 23, 2008 | 07:39 AM
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Moved my amp yesterday to a little more stealth spot.
Now it's not turning on.

Checked the fuse, that's good. Checked the trigger/remote wire and that's good.
I'm thinking it's the ground, it's grounded to the seat mounting bolt, metal under the mount is sanded down to bare metal.

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It's a 93 Integra.
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Old Sep 23, 2008 | 09:47 AM
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Did you check the trigger wire with a volt meter?

I'd also check the power wire with a volt meter and the ground wire with an OHM meter and verify continuity to chassis ground.
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Old Sep 23, 2008 | 10:11 AM
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I don't have a volt meter sadly.
The only connection that changed is the ground, hence why I'm suspecting that. Maybe I should pull the seat out again and go to town on sanding it down and sand down the back of the mount too.
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Old Sep 23, 2008 | 12:07 PM
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So I took it all apart again. Re-did the connections at the amp, sanded down the ground more.

Went under the hood to remove the fuse in the power line and that's when I noticed the fuse holder was ****, cracked and falling apart. I removed the center piece so the fuse was making contact and sure enough it work.
I will buy a new one in the next few days and replace it.
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Old Sep 23, 2008 | 07:17 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by The G2 Racer &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I don't have a volt meter sadly.
The only connection that changed is the ground, hence why I'm suspecting that. Maybe I should pull the seat out again and go to town on sanding it down and sand down the back of the mount too.</TD></TR></TABLE>If you can find a good ground near your amp, use that instead. All my audio installs, I have never had to sand down for a good grounding point. Any threaded hole with the proper bolt will do fine. Just make sure the area is solid metal, not flimsy paneling.
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Old Sep 23, 2008 | 07:28 PM
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I've always sanded it down.
Everything is working mint now.
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