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Old Jan 22, 2009 | 04:32 PM
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I took my subs and amp out of my car cause my dad needed to borrow it and needed to use the trunk. I went to re install everything ( just screw the connections back in) and I cant get the subs to work. The amp is getting power the weird thing is the windshield wipers go on. did the whole electrical system fry or what. everything else in the the car functions properly and i took it for a drive to make sure everything worked. any ideas what went wrong. and i no for a fact i connected everything the right way. i checked like 5 times.
Old Jan 22, 2009 | 05:50 PM
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check all of the fuses
Old Jan 22, 2009 | 06:24 PM
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ok..but y would my windshield wipers go on lol
Old Jan 22, 2009 | 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by tricky713
The amp is getting power the weird thing is the windshield wipers go on.
wth? When do the wipers come on, do you mean when you power on the HU, the wipers start too?
Old Jan 22, 2009 | 11:31 PM
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main power line fuse? remote wire? ground? RCA cables?
Old Jan 23, 2009 | 01:37 AM
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okay ill connect everything up and as soon and i turn the car on the amp powers up and the windshield wipers go on. the HU is on. idk my car is possessed
Old Jan 23, 2009 | 02:43 AM
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did you check to be sure the windshield wiper switch is not on?
Old Jan 23, 2009 | 02:52 AM
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did dad do something and not tell you?
Old Jan 23, 2009 | 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by engifineer
did you check to be sure the windshield wiper switch is not on?
haha i may be a little bit of a noob but im not a retard.
idk i guess ill bring the car down to the audio place and see what they can do cause im clueless on what is wrong.
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sounds like a bad ground, check all the wiring around the battery, especially the ones that go to the starter, alternator, and main fuse box. Windshield wipers often mean a bad main ground some where. It may have a good enough ground to give power to your amp, but it does not have enough power to push anything.
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alright cool ill check that out and get back to you.
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