thedirty

i have a crossfire model CFA302 amp. checked my grounds and everything. could it be the wattage of my power wire? cause the amp says +12 V. when i put on the wires, it lights up then quickly dies. like theres too much power or something. HELP!

bbarbulo

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Are fuses blowing at all. First of all... need 3 wires for power... constant feed from battery->fuse->amp
remote b from deck->amp
ground chassis->amp

If you ensure each of these gets what it's supposed to when it's supposed to... then you can look to your amp to be the culprit. Mainly, I'd focus on how good your connectors are (sometimes the connections get all fuct up and you get that short burst of power, and then it's out). Then I'd look at the remote b to be maintaining a 12V level when the deck is turned on.

thedirty

i have another 100watt amp running on my car. rockford. the wires im usin forthis crossfire was for this other rockford punch i had on my car. about the same wattage. shouldnt it be just the same and work fine? could it be the amp is broken... but how can that be if it lights up?

bbarbulo

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Do you have a multimeter and have you used it to see what happens? Are you running a power distribution block?

thedirty

no multimeter... yeah im usin a power distribution block, the one that can hook up two subs for power rihgt

bbarbulo

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Buying a $10 multimeter from CT is a good place to start. Test voltage and continuity. Cheap investment, great returns. You'll never go back to not owning one.

thedirty

but what could really be hte prob

bbarbulo

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Well, you won't know till you test your wiring... you HAVE to do some tests in order to narrow down the possibilities...

Read loudsubz' sticky in this forum. I think it's called "When you have a problem"

imported_loudsubz

bruno prety much summed it all up. Go out buy a MM first then get back to us, its the only way.

Or buy an automotive test light and hook it up and see if it works fine.

bbarbulo

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seeing as how your in Guam, I don't know how close a Canadian Tire is to you, so you may do the following. Take a regular automotive bulb... like an 1156 or something... take two wires, and solder them to the contacts. This is now your test light... use this to see if power is getting to your amp.

thedirty

the power is gettin to the amp. i ran the same wires to another amp. it works.

imported_loudsubz

then the prob is with your amp....

have someone else try the amp in their car and see what goes.

thedirty

itsays it needs a25amp fuse.. im usin 30.. could the be the prob?

imported_gatherer

it probably means 30 amp got through at one time a dndistroyed your amp ...NEVER use a higher rated fuse then what your suppose to ....

I also suggest taking it to a car audio place in Guam there and ask about it... I'm sure someone local will be better suited to fixing it since they can look at the issue then

thedirty

nah man... **** it, ill jsut ask for another amp... maybe a rockford. i wanna run two rockfords anyway. he did give me a nice eclispe sub with box. heheh all for a pair of si knockoffs. got two amps and subwoofer. the rims cost me 50bucks only