alright it seems that everytime now that I start the car the fuse for my stereo keeps blowing (one under the hood in for the amp). I keep reaplcing it but it just keeps blowing after I start the car. I checked all my connections and there seems to be nothing, my buddy told me that it might be a bad ground but I don't see why it would be like that cause my stereo has been working fine for like 2 years til these past few days. Does anyone know what the diagnoses would be to fix this? Thanks in advance.


Modified by DB8_TEG at 7:09 AM 4/13/2003

 

Check for water/condensation in the fuse holder under the hood. Recheck the ground and make sure that there is no paint where it is mounted to the body/chassis. Make sure the ring terminal, or whatevery you're using is securely attached. There has to be a sort in the system somwhere.

 

well i ripped everything apart and re-wired everything and there were no wires that were pinched or anything so i know its not a grounding out problem, its the amp. When I turn the car on and the power wire is not hooked up to the amp, the fuse doesn't blow and there is power to the wire cause I used a circuit tester to try it but when I shut the car off and put the wire into the amp and turn the car back on is when i fused blows again. So if anyone has any suggestions about this you are more then welcome to help me out. I called where I bought the amp from and they says that is likely the power output and my warrenty on the amp is over.

 

what amp fuse are u using???
ex. if u have a 80 amp fuse.. try using a lower one, it might work

 

well the Rockford just came with a 30 so I have been using that ever since and I don't want to increase the AMP rating cause I really don't want to make my amp or anything else worse.