I solved it.
I went to a car audio shop, they said the signal wire from the head unit gives off a little juice, and thats why the amp was illuminating. They said it could be from 3 things, either a bad ground connection, a blown fuse, or a short in the system. I asked if they thought if there was a short in the + if the wire would have been shot, they said no, the fuse would have blown if there was a short for more than a few seconds. Upon further investigation, I checked my fuse, it was intact, checked the + to a piece of frame for a split second, saw sparks so i knew it was connected and not fully shorted. I then tried to touch my + wire to my - wire to look for sparks. The sparks were not flying like the frame. I took off the negative, and found oxidization all over the connector and the bolt. This was making a bad connection, allowing minimal power to go through the wire, since the connection was so bad. I repositioned the - onto a new bolt, and sanded down about an inch diameter around where the bolt was going in, sanded down the bolt to make a huge contact point for my 6 gauge wire and loop ring contact. I then re stripped my wire for some fresh steel. My system is bumping again.
This is was just so frustrating since my power light was coming on at the amp and there was no sound. It was driving me insane. I assumed all my connections were perfect. Never assume anything.
Thanks for the self lesson SL.
I went to a car audio shop, they said the signal wire from the head unit gives off a little juice, and thats why the amp was illuminating. They said it could be from 3 things, either a bad ground connection, a blown fuse, or a short in the system. I asked if they thought if there was a short in the + if the wire would have been shot, they said no, the fuse would have blown if there was a short for more than a few seconds. Upon further investigation, I checked my fuse, it was intact, checked the + to a piece of frame for a split second, saw sparks so i knew it was connected and not fully shorted. I then tried to touch my + wire to my - wire to look for sparks. The sparks were not flying like the frame. I took off the negative, and found oxidization all over the connector and the bolt. This was making a bad connection, allowing minimal power to go through the wire, since the connection was so bad. I repositioned the - onto a new bolt, and sanded down about an inch diameter around where the bolt was going in, sanded down the bolt to make a huge contact point for my 6 gauge wire and loop ring contact. I then re stripped my wire for some fresh steel. My system is bumping again.
This is was just so frustrating since my power light was coming on at the amp and there was no sound. It was driving me insane. I assumed all my connections were perfect. Never assume anything.
Thanks for the self lesson SL.
