sub died - no visible reason

[thaj0ka]

Hi there,

My subs randomly went off whilst I was driving....
the fuses are fine, on both the power line and the amp.
Connections look fine, and the headunit appears to be working as per normal...

anyone got any ideas.....?

[RacerJames666]

power turn on lead?
jump the power to the power turn on at the amp to make sure(+ to rem).....Is there power in the amp to begin with? If there is, you might want to try the subs from an alternate power source that you know to be reliable. Check the H/U to see if there is power coming from the rca's...im assuming this to be a higher quality H/U that has independent sub leads. I guess the other question is do you run your subs hard? And if so, are they newand did you break em in properly? Could be a seized sub...
Keep me informed on details and ill keep thinkin!

[thaj0ka]

The Amp does not seem to be getting power.
The headunit does have seperate sub leads. I do run the subs pretty hard, but they were broken in b4 being run hard.....

What is the best way for me to check if the amp is getting power. or to distinguish which of the wires may be broken?

From everything I have looked at, everything looks fine, I have take the headunit out and checked the back connections, and again all looks ok, they not in a great state (previous owners of the car didn't seem to care too much..?)

so far I'm at a loss

[thaj0ka]

okay I found the problem, the fuse block on the power cable in the engine bay had become faulty....
fuse was fine, the block itself was preventing power flow (gonna open it an look to see what happened)

to fix, we cut the block out, got some connectors on the cable and put the fuse in.

its all working again :-)

[RacerJames666]

Bravo!

[thaj0ka]

thank you, I still have a little problem, my rear shelf is vibrating, do you know of a way to fix this?

[RacerJames666]

Id have to think about it some.....
Ill letcha know

[thaj0ka]

thanks racerjames666

[carstereopro]

Originally Posted by thaj0ka

thank you, I still have a little problem, my rear shelf is vibrating, do you know of a way to fix this?

DYNAMAT
HUSHMAT
SECOND SKIN
E-DEAD
V-BLOK
RAAMMAT

etc.....

[RacerJames666]

Ahh yes dynamat is good stuff. But is it an actuall looseness like a fastener is gone?

[boysetsfire4ii]

probably much to late but i'd look into an ANL fuse holder, its a better connection that will allow more current to flow through the fuse, they're not very expensive either