Registered: 09/10/02
Posts: 22402
Loc: San Diego. Ca
I got an infinity basslink the other day from the grandparents for xmas. I hooked up it before running all the wires under the carpet and through the woods in my car to test it. It worked fine. After running everything again the way I wanted it to be installed I tried it and got nothing. Checked the ground and all other connections. Checked the fuse on the unit itself, fine. Then after tearing the car apart because I thought I snapped the remote wire pulling it through the carpet with a coat hanger I checked the fuse in the power cable at the battery. Busted. I replaced it with the replacement and all was fine. I went back this morning to mount the sub in a better location and accidentally pulled out the battery power cable from the sub. I replaced it and when that happened it blew the fuse. Ok that's fine I should've disconnected the battery prior to doing it. Now I'm out of fuses. Fast forward to 20 minutes ago when I buy a couple 30 amp fuses just like what came with the cable and the first time in my haste I once again forgot to disconnect the battery. It blew. Next fuse with the negative terminal unplugged I put the fuse in and as soon as I reconnected the battery I heard it pop. WTF? What did I do wrong to cause it to now pop fuses where it didnt before? Any ideas?
Yep, most likely a bad ground. Unrelated, but it reminded me of a time ago when my motorcycle had a short in the brake light system (from previous owners ghetto wiring), so everytime I tapped the front brakes all the electronics would shut down after I blew the fuse.
I remember when I finally traced the problem (brake lights, and what a fucking nightmare) using the brakes right for the first time was so refreshing.
