........I think that its because the speaker wire is guage 22 and I need somthing bigger I went out and got 4 feet of 14 guage wire.

1200 watt amp 800 watts RMS
18' cerwin vega stroker 1600 peak power
All monster cables

 

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... 22 gauge, as in a speck of hair? Yes, that is your problem.

 

You have power(you should check it with a meter).
Do you have signal from the radio getting to the amp?
Are the radio outputs turned on(if there is an on/off)?
Is the amp output any good?
Is it grounded very well?
Is the amp wired to an ohm load it can use?
Are the settings on the amp set correctly?
Does the sub work?
Just some ideas to work through.

 

I Changed the 22 guage wires to a 12 guage wire and it still not getting signal I know for a fact that its wired right Ive installed a few other systems and never had a problem.....but Ive never installed an 18' sub I think its the deck becuase the rem wire coming from the deck is
extremely short and i don't think the amp is fully engageing and I Say this becuase I checked with the multimeter and the volts were under 12

 

oh and how can i tell if signal is reaching the wire

 

I just coppied this from a google search-----

Meter set to AC volts.

One probe on the shield, the other probe on the center conductor

Volume set high (1 notch from maximum with all tone controls set flat and all equalization and crossovers off)

All RCAs unplugged from amplifiers

If you don't have an auto-ranging meter, set it to 20v (or something close).

Play a low frequency test tone (~60Hz). If you don't have a test tone CD, burn the following file onto a disc.
http://www.bcae1.com/temp/60hz60seconds.zip

The head unit will produce 2v or more if it's working properly.

There's nothing wrong with Pioneer head units. If the fuse blew, there was a reason. They do NOT blow for no reason. The fuses are there to prevent fires in case voltage is applied to the RCA shield. Without this protection (or similar protection), it's possible for the RCAs to burn the length of the vehicle if the shield is allowed to contact the main 12v wire feeding the amps (which happens often).

 

How big is your power wire? I know you have power but when you get everything working with that size sub your amp may turn off from lack of power.

 

with that 1200 watts of power your going to need a better power wire as in 4 gauge or lower and since your not hearing the bass i would recomend to pull out the remote wire and re-wire .. double check on your rca if their plug in properly