No Power! Help a Noob
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Le Mans Master
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11
No Power! Help a Noob
Well I finally got everything hooked up but Im not getting any power. I have a yellow top optima and the car is attaced at the side terminals and I attached the amp to the top. When I use a meter and touch the top pos and neg it reads 12.xxx volts, so it should be ok correct? I tried the meter on top of the fues with the little prongs are, and also looked at my amp but no light is on. Its grounded inbetween the floor and the seat rail too.
Any ideas?
Any ideas?
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Le Mans Master
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11
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St Jude Donor '13
Always start with the simple when troubleshooting so don't take offense...
You don't mention a trigger. Amps usually need 12V+ to a trigger to tell them to turn on. Do you have it connected to a head unit?
You don't mention a trigger. Amps usually need 12V+ to a trigger to tell them to turn on. Do you have it connected to a head unit?
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Le Mans Master
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11
Yep I got the PAC to connect it to the head unit. My buddy who knows a little more that me just looked at it with me. Looks like the power is getting stopped at the 60 fuse in the bay. Its in tight and its not blown. Should I try and replace it anyways or is that a sign of something else?
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I'm assuming that you do have an energized trigger wire. From what you said it sounds like the simplest answer is a problem with either the fuse itself or the connections associated with it if current is not flowing thru that circuit. I would test your positive cable for continuity between the battery and the amp to verify. Another posibility is a nicked cable or a loose connection with a dead short.
Last edited by cleaner145; Mar 30, 2007 at 06:20 PM.
the wire should be good cause its brand new