Cable Confusion :S

[96CLIOMK1]

Hey,

I have a 1996 Clio MK1,

Ive been adding parts to it for some time now and recently started on the sounds, i have been having problems with my sub and amp, I have a 800W Sub and a 400W Amp, ive connected them both together, Earthed it out , Put the remote in head unit & put the power cable on the battery, just a bit of confusion that it doesnt power up at all, no light on the amp.

I have an inline fuse cable as my power cable and i think i may have tripped something along the lines of wireing, i can't remember what amp fuse was in the power cable & the amp doesnt require a fuse, everything is wired through the car professionally, its all hidden and power cable runs through the dash and out under the bonnet.

This has been mind blowing me for ages! Also I have fitted 6x9's, front door panel speakers, dash speakers, i have joint the wires from the panel speakers to the dash speakers and the panel speakers dont seem to be getting alot of power and their 250W per speaker :S

Anyway if you could possibly help me with anything i would much apprechiate it

Many Thanks
Ash

 

[Dink]

for a start do you have a multimeter??? if not get one can be had for like £5

the power rating of a speaker is only used to match it with an amp. so if you are only running from a 50w amp you are only going to get 50w out of the speaker

 

[96CLIOMK1]

Hey, Nah i don't have a multimeter? can i pick one up from halfords or somewhere like that?

All my speakers run off of the 100W Head Unit, I only want to run the sub on the amp.

 

[Dink]

yeah should be able to pick one up from there. nothing fancy just one that can measure dc voltage.

yeah the hu won't be any more than about 25wRms per channel

 

[96CLIOMK1]

So do u think a fuse has gone in my inline cable that leads from amp to battery?

 

[Dink]

might have done or your remote from the hu might be fucked