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UPDATE: working off the idea of a bad ground.. I tore into the engine compartment and cleaned the cars battery connection point to the chasis. THEN, I installed a 2 foot strand of 8 gauge grouund cable to another part of the chasis under the engine compartment straight to the negative terminal on battery. THEN< cleaned the grounding block and its contact to the trunk chasis. THEN< I pulled off all my speaker wire outputs from the amp and checked.
Nothing..... Still on protection 5.2 volts. 12.4 not turned on.
Next,,,I tried putting the amps ground cable to another point in the trunk.....Nothing still. Im kinda stumped now. So i know its NOT a speaker short because there is no speakers hooked up to it and its still in protection. The chasis is definitely a ground now because of the added ground and the cleaning of the original chasis ground connections.
-- Not really sure wher to take the troubleshooting from here? im only armed with a multimeter.
--QUESTION...Explain what a bad ground actually means. Does having a bad ground mean that it is contaminated with a positive signal somewhere? What exactly does that mean. Thanks
Tangeray
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