Rockford P6200 .. positive outs dead?
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Rockford P6200 .. positive outs dead?
Short post, but, my subs are dead. The amp gets power, the capacitor gets power. I have good grounds and they test with the light, but we used the test light on the amp positive outs and its not lighting up. Is it safe to assume the amp is shot? Im so confused because everything else tests good..
Edit, P6002, not 6200.
Edit, P6002, not 6200.
Last edited by DarkStarr; May 9, 2007 at 07:30 PM.
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Ill check them in the morning, but what would those have anything to do with? The physical positive outs arent lighting.. so wouldnt that mean there is not power coming out?
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Test light + Car Audio = Junk.
Go down to Sears and grab a 20-30 dollar auto range Digital Multi Meter and use that in diagnosing. Pull the RCAs out of the amp and turn your meter to AC current. Take the neg lead from the meter to the outer shield of the RCA, and the positive lead to the prong sticking out from the middle of the RCA. Now with the music low, turn up the volume and you should see the AC current rise. If it has no effect then your problem is either in the cables, head unit, or hi-low converter.
If RCAs are good then take your meter and test the output of the amp....again neg. to neg, and pos. to pos. Again volume low, then turn it up to see if the AC voltage rises.
Next test your Subs....turn the meter to the Ohms setting and test.
Go down to Sears and grab a 20-30 dollar auto range Digital Multi Meter and use that in diagnosing. Pull the RCAs out of the amp and turn your meter to AC current. Take the neg lead from the meter to the outer shield of the RCA, and the positive lead to the prong sticking out from the middle of the RCA. Now with the music low, turn up the volume and you should see the AC current rise. If it has no effect then your problem is either in the cables, head unit, or hi-low converter.
If RCAs are good then take your meter and test the output of the amp....again neg. to neg, and pos. to pos. Again volume low, then turn it up to see if the AC voltage rises.
Next test your Subs....turn the meter to the Ohms setting and test.
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Test light + Car Audio = Junk.
Go down to Sears and grab a 20-30 dollar auto range Digital Multi Meter and use that in diagnosing. Pull the RCAs out of the amp and turn your meter to AC current. Take the neg lead from the meter to the outer shield of the RCA, and the positive lead to the prong sticking out from the middle of the RCA. Now with the music low, turn up the volume and you should see the AC current rise. If it has no effect then your problem is either in the cables, head unit, or hi-low converter.
If RCAs are good then take your meter and test the output of the amp....again neg. to neg, and pos. to pos. Again volume low, then turn it up to see if the AC voltage rises.
Next test your Subs....turn the meter to the Ohms setting and test.
Go down to Sears and grab a 20-30 dollar auto range Digital Multi Meter and use that in diagnosing. Pull the RCAs out of the amp and turn your meter to AC current. Take the neg lead from the meter to the outer shield of the RCA, and the positive lead to the prong sticking out from the middle of the RCA. Now with the music low, turn up the volume and you should see the AC current rise. If it has no effect then your problem is either in the cables, head unit, or hi-low converter.
If RCAs are good then take your meter and test the output of the amp....again neg. to neg, and pos. to pos. Again volume low, then turn it up to see if the AC voltage rises.
Next test your Subs....turn the meter to the Ohms setting and test.
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I attached a picture and the two arrows are what was not lighting up, but I took the multimeter to the those and they had current, as did the RCA's. To test the subs do I test the jacks on the rear of the sub box where the speaker wire runs through?