Ever time I try screwing in my power cable sparks fly.My amp has no off switch.and my car is turned off.wtf?Help me out/
first off, when installing anything electrical on your vehicle, ALWAYS DISCONNECT THE BATTERY FIRST! (either side will work) on your amp you should see a + POS and - NEG and remote. the remote is 12 volt + POS this is your on and off switch. the lead wire that comes from your reciever (usually a blue wire that says remote, or a pink wire that says antennae) then hook up you pos and neg wires. (IT'S IMPORTANT TO INSTALL A SEPERATE IN LINE FUSE BOX TO THE POSITIVE WIRE THAT GOES TO THE AMP. W A 60 AMP OR GREATER FUSE)
Very simple...remove the negative clamp from the battery in your car before you attempt to do any thing. now the circuit is broken... make sure your ground for your amp is going to something metal on your car... I imagine you are trying to hook your power cable to the positive clamp on your battery... After the amp is grounded. you may now hook-up the power cable on to the positive terminal of the battery. tighten the positive terminal with your amp power line together. Then when you are sure the amp is grounded...( ground wire to metal )...you have a ground wire from the amp also. take the positive battery post wire and reattach... then the negative battery post wire... the battery wires sould not get hot or change temp, you will know as it happens quickly... now if all the wires are done right and your cables don't heat up, it is safe. if you turn on the stereo now and it dosen't work, it just means you blew the fuse on the line to the stereo. find on the line, replace it... it is a safety thing so you don't blow the amp or burn the car down... When ever you work on a car always remove the NEGITIVE post on the battery...
disconnect the battery dumbass
