amp wont turn on

PinkBitz · petrol head Joined: 13 Apr 2002 Posts: 1594

i think i broke it. it has 2 stages of on, a red light, then a green light. i think the red light means protect, as thats whats written underneath it. when power is on an it only stays on the red light, and doesnt fully turn on with the green light.

anyone know the problems?

Pavlos · backyard mechanic Joined: 05 Oct 2001 Posts: 920

Check your earth to the body, also check if the power and earth wires on the amp are properly connected.

TGemi1 · tinkerer Joined: 23 Mar 2003 Posts: 456

check d auto turn on dat goes from headunit 2 amp

Winterheart · tinkerer Joined: 04 Dec 2002 Posts: 144

First things first, check your power, earth and remote wires, then replace the fuse on your amp. Then check ALL your speaker wiring and make sure it's not cracked, broken or otherwise shorting anywhere. My money's on your speaker wires shorting the amp out however. Hope this helps. Cheers Smile

PinkBitz · petrol head Joined: 13 Apr 2002 Posts: 1594

ahhh, it cant be the speaker wires, i tried it with it all disconnected, i even tried to run the amp straight off the battery, and the same results occured.

PinkBitz · petrol head Joined: 13 Apr 2002 Posts: 1594

aahh its all good, i dunno wat it was but its good now!!! cheers for all the help guys.

ByteMe22 · backyard mechanic Joined: 28 Dec 2001 Posts: 591

are you running terminals on the ends of the wire or just fat wire to the amp?? if just wire you could have a stray tread going to the body of the amp and shorting it out... maybe clean up your power wires....

Poida · Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2003 2:55 pm Post subject: Re: amp wont turn on

Although it is working now, take some time to work out what was wrong. Something you changed has fixed the fault.
Next time you may not be so lucky.

A cooked audio unit or a burning car.... endless opportunities!!
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kelvin · rice boy Joined: 31 Oct 2003 Posts: 13

heres another way had the same problem try your sub wires around the other way?! and turn down the amp settings had the same prob when installing in girlfriends it seemed to work!!!!