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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 04:25 PM
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What kind of fuse are you using for your 4 channel amp. If its the glass type "agu" replace the fuse. These units are known to fail if its a cheap unit. I seen this to many times with this type of fuse holder "cheap units". The fuse will look good but is really blown. Or the fuse is bad and will put 4 volts because of a bad connection inside of its self. High resistance. Next check the ground to the amp. Give me a call or a text if you need futher help. Anytime is fine. Des
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Old Nov 13, 2006 | 12:06 AM
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I didn't really care about the fuse size so I had a 100amp fuse for thr F340.
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Old Nov 14, 2006 | 01:25 PM
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Originally Posted by dleccord
I didn't really care about the fuse size so I had a 100amp fuse for thr F340.
Fuse size does not matter right now, we have to figure out why its not coming on. agu fuse that are at the battery are know to fail. I don't think he is using a atc fuse at the battery. Most kits come with agu. Most are cheap units. We have to start somewere and go down the line.
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Old Nov 14, 2006 | 02:43 PM
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well you can run a 4 gauge from the battery to the amp and a 4 gauge ground from there. see if that works. where did you ground your amps again? oh and dont worry about grounding them two different places.
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Old Nov 14, 2006 | 07:42 PM
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No he will be fine with the wire that he has allready. We need to check the fuse thats in the holder. Op do you have a muliti-meter?
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Old Nov 15, 2006 | 05:40 PM
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The wire could be burnt. You cannot test that even with a DMM.
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Old Nov 16, 2006 | 09:22 AM
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I appreciate the advice, guys. I haven't disappeared, I'm still waiting for it to not be 40 degrees, dark and rainy anymore everytime I get back from class so I can actually get outside and check this out in depth. Hopefully it will stop raining by tomorrow.
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Old Nov 16, 2006 | 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by dleccord
The wire could be burnt. You cannot test that even with a DMM.
yeah you can, test for resistance or test for power at the radio and than at the amp. a dmm is your best friend for an installer
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Old Nov 16, 2006 | 05:06 PM
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You cannot test a bad ground/bad wire with a DMM. Even though resistance tells you otherwise.
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Old Nov 17, 2006 | 02:21 AM
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if the wire is burnt than the melted wired would increase resistance throughout the whole wire. set your dmm to ohm and grab a strand of wire and put your meter on it it will be around ~0. than add a wire to a ground and than meter it. there will now be resistance like if you grounded out a live wire. if you check any mecp book it'll tell you that you should test with a dmm. depending on how accurate your dmm it'll give you a great start.

also testing power at the hu and than at the amp will help tell you that if the wire is bad or if you messed up your remote wire on your hu.

what is your reasoning that you can't test for a bad ground/wire with a dmm?
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