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Amp not powering up??

Ok i hooked up all the wires. (ground, battery, head, and speaker wires) first time it worked for like 10 seconds then the sub cut out. i looked at the amp and the light was off. so i turned the car back on and the light comes on for not even a second then cuts out again. it does this every time i turn my stereo on. i moved the ground wire and it does the same thing. what could be the problem?

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  • andrew mccallister May 16, 2007

    But the amps power light will flash on for a second when i turn on the car then it just turns off. it does this if the speaker lines are conected or not. if i leave it on and mess with the ground wire agains the metal it will flash again. i have tried to ground it in like 10 different places but i cant get it to work.

  • Anonymous Mar 09, 2008

    Ok i hooked up all the wires. (ground, battery, head, and speaker wires) first time it worked for like 10 seconds then the sub cut out. i looked at the amp and the light was off. so i turned the car back on and the light comes on for not even a second then cuts out again. it does this every time i turn my stereo on. i moved the ground wire and it does the same thing. what could be the problem?

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Or you could have to low of gage wire??

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The sub amp may be damage, shorted. you may have a wrong speaker hook-up the first time you use it. too low impedance may have damage the sub.

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