Well i drove to my friends house with my subs sounding real good, got out, went inside for a while, came back out, turned my car on, and now my amp wont power on. I used a Voltage Meter and im getting a good 12.8 V to my amp, and my remote is getting the same volts when my car is on, so its not a power issue. I dont really wnat to take apart my dash to check if my RCA's are hooked up right, but could that be what the problem is? Could the RCAs affect the amp powering on or off? I also checked the fuse on my amp, and the fuse in the + wire to amp, and neither are blown. I'm out of ideas, do i just need a new amp or what?

 

ya have to check more.....
also check the speaker outputs ohm load.... coulda been a simple speaker wire come off the sub

 

well the amp is getting power, and the remote is telling it turn on when my car is on, but the green "Power" light isnt coming on, so tahts the problem, not really the subwoofer getting signal.

 

is thier a red light on or yellow protection led on?
also get up REALY CLOSE TO IT and SMELL if ya smell burnt... well its toast...
its odd but it does happen.. happened to my friends jbl BP1200.1 worken just fine got out of the car got back in 5min later and it never turned on again... i pulled the cover and it was toast

and what kinda amp?


probably time for upgrade

 

haha i was in a snowboarding accident last winter (bleeding brain + ECU for a week + month and a half outta school) and i lost my sense of smell! lol I'll have one of my friends help me out with the smell part. Naw i don't see a protection LED, but it probably is time for an upgrade, I got the amp used from one of my friends and i had to open it up and reground it to get it work, so theres probably other stuff wrong with it too. It's an Eclipse though and thats a good name, but i've been wanting to get a new Alpine amp for a while now, my amp is the last component of my system thats not Alpine.

 

ya might as well upgrade now....

 

Actaully it was something completely different. The fuse on the main power wire had some corrosion/dirt buildup and that wasnt a good enough connection to supply enough power. The voltmeter would read 12.8 volts for about 2 seconds, then it would go down to zero. I just had to to file down the fuse block and get the corrosion off it, then use a new fuse, and it was all good. Never seen that one before...

 

dang thats kinda odd... tho corosion is preaty bad....

 

did you check the ground??..it could of came loose, use the volt meter to test your amp to your ground

 

he found the problem... coroded fuse terminals... preaty odd cause ive never had my fuse block corode! and i got a old @ss 66impala with the crappiest fuse box ever.LMFAO its got like 6-7fuses for the whole car.LMFAO and if one fuse blow ya lost about a dozen items.LOL
its a turd for sure! but still a powerfull old school!