power to amp problem

**djXternal** · 04-12-2005, 12:57 PM

Ok guys i just recently sent my bazooka ela300.1 back to the factory to get replaced because i believed there was an internal problem with it... just got my new one today, hooked it up and still nothing

so i determined it wasnt the amp, so i got out the voltmeter and measured the +12v to ground to the amp with car off it was 12.2v... ok thats good, now i measured it with the car running... it should be round 13v sumthin right? wrong, its around 5v any ideas what could be the problem?

**WebDog** · 04-12-2005, 12:59 PM

what kind of power cable you got from the battery?

**djXternal** · 04-12-2005, 01:01 PM

umm i believe its a 8 guage

**screwmesa** · 04-12-2005, 02:06 PM

did you hook up a remote wire? was your power wire fused and ran straight from the battery to the amp?

**djXternal** · 04-12-2005, 02:24 PM

looks like it was the fuse, because when i temporarily replaced the fuse with a metal screw to test the wires, the light on the amp turned from red to green... i still have to hook up the speakers and make sure they all work correctly though

**Stratocu510** · 06-01-2005, 10:39 PM

Hmmm, sounds odd. Did you splice the wire into anything to get the power for the amp. When you check the voltage with the car running and a fuse in place does it ever resume to +12v?