Just spent a day....!!

[Aidey-Westcoast]

just spent a day trying to install this sub and amp got it all wired up went to turn the bloody thing on and ohh it doesnt work

anyone got anyideas...??

i did originally do posts on the correct forum but no one seems to read them

Cheers

Aidey!

[potatopete]

Could probably do with a bit more info.....

"It doesnt work" doesn't really explain very much, apart from the totally obvious.

[Matty-VTR]

Bad earth?

[darkslag72]

earthed out? remote wired up to head unit? do u have power? sub set up? loads of factors mate. try process of elimination.

[DJDannyB]

have you checked you have wired them correctly?

[Ashleyp]

poor wiring is the most likley cause

post in the right section :)

[sco77y]

bet you £5 that you havent earthed it correctly

[Predator_R32]

check over all wiring again, if all seems fine then check the power lead with a mutimeter to see if theres power getting through

check all fuses

[Coonper]

I wreckon it will be the remote cable!

The one that runs from the head unit to the amp to tell the amp to switch on and off.

[Aidey-Westcoast]

right this how i got it wired up....

right i checked all the wiring out..... seems to be where it should be eg..

head unit to amp amp to sub
and then the main cable from the battery to the amp
ohh and also the earth cable (does this cause a major effect...??)
i followed the instructions of sax p but i will try and refine everything ill do the process by ellimination if that doesnt work then i gotta get some help so bare with me and i will have another post up soon...!!

cheers guys...!!

Aidey!

[Lozza_vtr]

The earth cable from the amp has to be touching nice bare metal, so make sure you sand the area where the earth is bolted too.

[tamo]

most likely earth mate
where is the earth now
tray botttom of the seat belt bit, that is where mine is.

[Aidey-Westcoast]

ye i think that might be the case as i kinda bodged that part as the loop on my earthing cable wasnt wide enough so i took one of the rubble seels out under the seet made a hole in it and pushed the earth down there :S ill sort it out on my next day off :)

cheers

[DJDannyB]

ye i think that might be the case as i kinda bodged that part as the loop on my earthing cable wasnt wide enough so i took one of the rubble seels out under the seet made a hole in it and pushed the earth down there :S ill sort it out on my next day off :)

cheers

what, so you didnt bolt the earth down :O you just pushed it through a hole? or am i reading this wrong ?

[Aidey-Westcoast]

ye ur thinking right reason i did this is because the whole on my earth cable isnt big enough so should i shand down that bold pin...??

and should this then activate my amp...??

also coz my battery is a quick release one i obv couldnt put the power cable onto it so i read on one of the threads to put it on one of the bolts inside the fuse box..... will this effect it at all...??

Aidey!

[sco77y]

definately the earth then lol you owe me £5 ;) battery will be fine but the earth needs bolting down and on nice clean bare metal

[DJDannyB]

fuck me lol. you didnt earth it. thats most probably why it wont work my friend. sand down and bolt the earth down. you dont need the ring on the end of the earth mate, you can chop it off and just strip the cable so you have enough to bolt down..

[Aidey-Westcoast]

im not normally a bodger but u know when u just spent hours on trying to do something and u cant get it to work u get a bit frustrated.... well that was me but now i got a day of today im gonna get straight on it :D