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dand243

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Posted: February 02, 2006 at 10:44 PM / IP Logged

my ground wire keeps burning up like 5 secs after i turn it on. i just got a new amp amp never had problems before. first i had to swith guage wires to a 0/ and the gound keeps frying. what is wrong?

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Posted: February 02, 2006 at 11:43 PM / IP Logged

Your ground fry's but your fuse in your power line dosen't? Weird. Since your running 0 guage, did you do the big 3 under the hood?

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dand243

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Posted: February 03, 2006 at 1:10 AM / IP Logged

my bad its not 0 gauge it is 4 guage.

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tex12gage

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Posted: February 03, 2006 at 10:37 AM / IP Logged

O gauge or 4 gauge, I would still upgrade the Big 3.

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dand243

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Posted: February 04, 2006 at 1:53 AM / IP Logged

so whats the problem?

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dwarren

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Posted: February 04, 2006 at 2:02 AM / IP Logged

What's the return resistance on the ground wire?

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dand243

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Posted: February 04, 2006 at 11:19 AM / IP Logged

new problem replaced wire and now it doesnt burn but my fuses blew on may. are they the right size? 2x30's for a 800 rms mono block amp?

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Posted: February 04, 2006 at 5:54 PM / IP Logged

At 800 watts RMS, it should be fused around 80-100 amps or so, but it concerns me that your last ground wire burned up.

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Posted: February 04, 2006 at 6:22 PM / IP Logged

Chances are better than the average bear that your amp is fried. Get the amp looked at.

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dand243

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Posted: February 05, 2006 at 12:06 AM / IP Logged

ok i hook the amp up in my friends car and it turns on with no burnt wires or any blown fuses. so now what do u think?

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