WHY IS THIS HAPPENING???

i just hooked up my 2 extra batts and when i go to put my fuse in it sparks and is not right! i am curious of everybodies ideas! i am thinking my ground is not good enough! i have it grounded to the frame in back but should i disconnect that and run a ground from my battery ground or what? idk im stuck now thats the only thing i can think of right now. im gonna order some more ground and run it from the batt but just wondering if there is anything i am overlooking? it is 2 kinetik 2400's and i just have them wired in parallel going to 1 cactus 600 with my stock batt up front! any help would be greatly appreciated. trying to get this fixed by the 31st for comp! thanks

does it just spark? thats probly normal or does it blow the fuse? if it blows the fuse then something is shorted man.. give it a once over, just unhook it and do it again is the best i can say with out being there..

yeah it doesnt even let me get the fuse in its a huge spark! nothing changed other then putting the 2 batts in but i think im gonna just undo everything tomorrow and try again im a little frustrated right now spent all day gettin everything mounted and ready and this happens! ruined my fuse holder too just melted the metal! thanks for the quick response!!

i also did a little troubleshooting and removed the fuse holder from the equation then removed and added the fuse between the front stock batt and the back batts and replaced it and it did not spark it is somewhere in my wiring of the batts thats why im thinking ground! but any ideas to try would help but runnin out of fuses burnt 2 up troubleshooting it!!! not pretty!! dont know why ground wont work now other then im pulling alot more amps with the 2 big batts compared to a capcell because never had any probs with it before!!

Take the fuses and throw them over your shoulder!
It sounds like you have a +- situation!
Dubble check your +++++ and ----- if that is all good than there is a short

so what do you mean by short just a lose connection or wired wrong? i made sure - and + are correct and it only does it after the batts im goin to try a diff ground connect now and see how it goes!

Ur ++++++ is grounding out somewhere , check all the jackets throughly.

Just a guess

awesome thanks chris!! i got ahead of myself and had the + and - switched on the amp! everything is fixed now just need bigger fuses!!

Sweet!
I don't use fuses because...
There is more voltage going in to a fuse than what comes out
and what if one goes during a run?
If you run your wire safe you will be better off!
Why spend money on less voltage?

chrisfish wrote:

Sweet!
I don't use fuses because...
There is more voltage going in to a fuse than what comes out
and what if one goes during a run?
If you run your wire safe you will be better off!
Why spend money on less voltage?

x2 here

really? everything is ran right and is wrapped in wire loom where it could get hot and ground out and all my connections are terminals with covers so dont have have to worry bout them groundin out only prob is i already have them there so either gotta get some couplers or just get the biggest fuses i can find! i have 1 up front and 2 in back but 1 can be removed easily just not the other 2!! thanks for the advice tryin to get it as loud as possible before the 31st show!!

He was trying to tell you in a very nice way that FUSES ARE FOR PUSSSIES AND FOR SQ.....LOL

well now i know gonna get some couplers and remove the ones i got!! gotta learn somehow!!lol

Do you have 1/0 wire?
A splice will loose voltage as well!
Run a new wire or put a batt there!

yeah its 1/0 i thought about just puttin a piece of metal in my fuse holder till i can re run new wire! not enough room for a batt i got 1 up front and 1 in back now and was thinkin of a coupler too for now depending on what lets more current flow.

You could use a bolt for now!

chrisfish wrote:

Sweet!
I don't use fuses because...
There is more voltage going in to a fuse than what comes out
and what if one goes during a run?
If you run your wire safe you will be better off!
Why spend money on less voltage?

circuit breakers are what i use... better voltage out, buy one and no more, and ur car dont catch on fire

The first thing I learned in my rookie season.....take fuses out and use them for batting practice. Watched my Jeep go up in flames do to fuses. Circuit breakers are ok but sometimes when they go you dont know it. You can have 14v going in but only 12.5 coming out when it goes and you'll think you lost a coil. Just do direct connects. Oh and high 5 on the + and - switch! Been there done that seen the sparks to prove it lol

basically i just put a piece of metal in my holders for comp and keep the fuses in daily!! eventually ill run some new wires but it works for now and yeah the sparks do fly!!lol

done that once but didn't get sparks till i turned the car on lol luckly i didn't burn the amp up. just sparked when i turned the key on an back off real quick.

yeah i was lucky too had it all wired up and was just connectying the fuse in between the amp and batt and just started a firework show!!lol literally melted the fuse holder ill have to take a pic and post it!!!