hey guys,

just hooked up my new 10's with my 1000w amp. Everything is connected and done right except for one little thing. When i turn the car on, the remote wire from the head unit to the amp powers up for a spilt second, you can see the light on the amp comes on for a spilt secoind then fades out again..you guys have any idea what the problem might be?

 

probably fastest way to check your problem is with a light tester or a volt meter.. turn on everything and check if power is running through everything

 

Yeah, use a test light on the remote wire at the amp. If it is getting power you know the problem is with the amp, otherwise you will have to trace it back to the headunit.

 

Keep in mind that most decks have a current limit on the amp turn on lead.
If you connect to many things to it it can be overloaded. My rule was if I had more than 2 items that needed to be switched on...a relay was needed.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by audioroach &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Keep in mind that most decks have a current limit on the amp turn on lead.
If you connect to many things to it it can be overloaded. My rule was if I had more than 2 items that needed to be switched on...a relay was needed.</TD></TR></TABLE>

two seems about right. I had a customer who had a radio and 20" LCD installed into his Mercedez Sprinter (damn odd van thingy lol). Anyhow, the limo company didn't wire things up right and if the radio & TV were on at the same time they would both feed audio into the same set of speakers and it burned the radio up. I used relays controlled by the remote turn on wire to cut the TV's audio off, and when I used 3 relays, it would infact work at first, but then after 4 seconds you'd hear the relays fade back to the "off" position, and then the cross-feed would occur again.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Captain_Kicker &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hey guys,

just hooked up my new 10's with my 1000w amp. Everything is connected and done right except for one little thing. When i turn the car on, the remote wire from the head unit to the amp powers up for a spilt second, you can see the light on the amp comes on for a spilt secoind then fades out again..you guys have any idea what the problem might be?</TD></TR></TABLE> Try this, disconnect remote wire from amp use a short pcs. of wire and jump from the amp 12v+ to the amp remote, if amp comes on an d stays on the problem is the remote wire or the HU, if you have the same problem , you have a bad ground or power hookup , it is less likely to be the remote wire and more likely to be a bad power hookup or ground

hope this helps 94

 

Thanks to all..problem not yet solved but i got some great advice and leads, Thanks!

 

this is weird that i venture over to this part of the forums and i see someone asking the same question i have. my amp deos the same thing. it goes on for a split second and fades (jbl 300.1). it started when i made left turns my sub would cut out, then it would work like 5 minutes later. now it doesnt work at all, and i did the voltage meter and it is getting power, so i thought it would be the amp, so we just checked every wire going back the HU. so we didnt see anything wrong. so we said **** it. well on my drive home, my sub kicked on for like 5 minutes and then when i made a left hand turn, it cut out and it hasne worked again in like a week . so i dodnt think its the amp. i think im just gonna rewire it this week.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TecHnOCal &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">this is weird that i venture over to this part of the forums and i see someone asking the same question i have. my amp deos the same thing. it goes on for a split second and fades (jbl 300.1). it started when i made left turns my sub would cut out, then it would work like 5 minutes later. now it doesnt work at all, and i did the voltage meter and it is getting power, so i thought it would be the amp, so we just checked every wire going back the HU. so we didnt see anything wrong. so we said **** it. well on my drive home, my sub kicked on for like 5 minutes and then when i made a left hand turn, it cut out and it hasne worked again in like a week . so i dodnt think its the amp. i think im just gonna rewire it this week.</TD></TR></TABLE> What kind of fuse do you have on the power wire for the amp,[up at the batt.] is it the big glass type, [BLF] if so try replaceing it, it may look good , you may even read 12v at the amp, the problem with this type of fuse is that it has a lot of resistence, and will get hot when playing your stereo loud, hot enough to melt the solder that connects the "fuse" to the inside of the end caps, the problems you and CK say you are haveing ,[ amp comeing on then fading out, cutting in and out] although it may not be the problem, [I have found it to be more then a few times] its an easy check and fix. The other [for amp turning on then fading out] is a poor ground for amp.

hope this helps. 94

 

he's right check the battery wire fuse ends with a test light. Then do the remote wire test.