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need help badly
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 3:22 pm
by vickly01c
i have the dumbest mother in the world and she decided to jump start another car with my 2001 jeep grand cherokee i have an alpine cda 9833 the audiobahn flame q capacitor with built in dist block a ppi dcx 1500x1 for my subs and a ppi dcx 1000x4 for my highs my subs are jl audio 10 w 6s 4 of them so she called me at work and broke the news to me, nothings working ALL OF A SUDDEN, and of course it wasnt her fault, she didnt shut the radio off before she jumped the other car. i heard a whining from my capacitor and the amps and volts meters where jumpings all around but maxing out at 12 volts and about 8 amps. i took the cap out put in dist blocks to bypass the whole cap to see if that was the problem but it didnt work, the volume was on for 2 min then self lowered itself to no sound at all. i tried swapping out the radios but that didnt work either any help id appreciate it a million times over thanks alot.
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 3:37 pm
by solacedagony
Does your radio still turn on, or did you mean when you switched it out, it still didn't turn on? Did you check your fuses?
If your amps are just wildly pulling current, sounds like you blew something in them. Power supply or something like that?
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 3:48 pm
by OnYrMrk
Honestly, if the system was hooked up correctly, then jump starting another car battery to battery wouldn't have damaged your system. I would start looking at your install before jumping to conclusions that your mother was at fault first.
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 3:51 pm
by Ryan from Ohio
I would check the fuses first, each and everyone of them.
Dont forget to check the cars fuses in the fuses box...
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 4:39 pm
by Scarrell
definately check the cars fuses.. the Radio fuse, chime..etc.. fuses act up.. check your power wire to the battery, and the fuse holder.
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 5:14 pm
by sinister audio
i have jumped many cars with mine with my system on and has never done a thing. i would deffintly check the fuses then i would say its the install.
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 8:51 pm
by Darthness
i jumped a car with my saturn when i had it and a system in it.. no problems with the radio..
maybe she hooked the battery terminals up wrong, and then switched them back? :P
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 3:51 pm
by subster87
is your radio hooked directly to your battery or something? or is it wired right? yeah did she hook black to red and red to black or what? change out your battery if your current draw is going wild, check make sure she didnt hit your power cable under the hood or knock a ground loose. Yea like they said alllll the fuses! please tell me with good expensive equipment you did jerry rig all your wiring, not to sound mean but thats what it seems like.
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 5:42 pm
by Bwcad1
there is nothing wrong with wiring your radio directly to your battery as long as its fused. sounds like you blew some fuses. having a system hooked up wont do anything to jumping the car.
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 6:16 pm
by subster87
Bwcad1 wrote:there is nothing wrong with wiring your radio directly to your battery as long as its fused. sounds like you blew some fuses. having a system hooked up wont do anything to jumping the car.
problem with fuses or lack there of