i don't know what's wrong. It doesn't matter if I have the ground wire in first or the power wire in first. The 2nd wire i'm connecting to the amp always creates a huge spark. what's wrong? thanks.

 

its going to you are introducing current to an object that has none. try removing your fuse and crewing both wires to the amp, then put the fuse in. this way if you are going to create singe marks it is only on the fuse/fuse holder. This is the way you should do it anyway so that you dont have the live power wire hanging around ihn your trunk.

Is the spark arching from the power to ground terminal? or is just the power terminal sparking?

 

of course its going to spark. when you first hook up power it charges all the capacitors in the power supply, after you unhook it they all slowly drain, then you reconnect it they have to charge again.

 

disconnect the battery's grounding connection. then install amp. then reconnect battery.

 

Try rubbing them together first,see if that makes a diff.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Znypar &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">disconnect the battery's grounding connection. then install amp. then reconnect battery.</TD></TR></TABLE> This is the correct way. and this is also true....
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 5THGENSI &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">of course its going to spark. when you first hook up power it charges all the capacitors in the power supply, after you unhook it they all slowly drain, then you reconnect it they have to charge again.</TD></TR></TABLE> It is normal to get a spark when you connect an amp that has been disconnected for a while, for the reasons stated above. If however you are getting a "huge" spark every time you connect power or ground even if it's only been disconnected for a sec. or two, you have a problem. 94

 

It's called "arcing". Your ok.