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syknesss

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Posted: October 24, 2003 at 10:27 AM / IP Logged

the other day i ran all the wring for my amp in my 90 lumina euro,i didnt hook the amp up just the power wire remote and rca's no ground yet,when i cam out in the morning my battery was dead.i jump started the car then turned it off and let it sit for a while and it was dead again,after un hooking the power wire jump starting it again and leaving it sit again its now fine starts right up.

what could be cuasing this? i heard it could be the power wire touching metal? i looked it over and didnt find anything out of the ordinary

any help is appreciated

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Posted: October 24, 2003 at 10:34 AM / IP Logged

Hook up the ground. You never want to run a positive wire and leave it hooked up without running the ground at the same time.

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syknesss

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Posted: October 24, 2003 at 10:48 AM / IP Logged

after it died the first time i decided to put in a ground and hook up the amp just to see if that was it but it still died

syknesss

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Posted: October 24, 2003 at 10:50 AM / IP Logged

after it died the first time i figured maybe no ground was the problem so i hooked up the amp and grounded it and it still dies

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Posted: October 24, 2003 at 9:39 PM / IP Logged

If i were you i would make sure that you actually have your remote wire hooked upto the accessory 12volt line and not the constant as that my be your problem.

syknesss

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Posted: October 25, 2003 at 5:43 AM / IP Logged

it is remote is blue and white right?

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Posted: October 25, 2003 at 4:23 PM / IP Logged

usually remote is just all blue and without that hooked up, your amp will always stay on and drain your battery

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Posted: October 25, 2003 at 4:23 PM / IP Logged

most cases it is sometimes its solid blue, why not look up the wiring diagram for the h/u

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syknesss

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Posted: October 25, 2003 at 7:47 PM / IP Logged

see the starnge thing is tho even if i had the remote on the wrong wire would it drain the battery even tho the amp wasnt hooked up?

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