ok heres whats up....i replaced my old caps ...i had two of them..they were 1 farads a piece....i got a pair of Voodoo 2.4 farad caps got two on accident.......when i replaced them i forgot to take the fuse out from the battery...so when i hooked them up i got a few good sparks.....but now when i turn the head unit on and off or load a cd i get a few nice thumps like a surge or somthing.....also there is a humm that goes to the idle of the car but goes away when driving (mayeb i cant hear it over my exhaust) can anyone tell me what happened......never had this problem b4 new caps

 

TTT anybody???????

 

The FIRST rule of car stereo is....
ALWAYS REMOVE THE FUSE FIRST!

The first thing I would do is remove the caps to see if everything goes back to normal again. I'm not sure exactly why you would have a hum problem after installing the caps. Do they have a display on them?

 

I have the same problem but didnt install cap. I just put the system in and I have the same thing a thump or more thump, thump, thump sometimes and a slight hiss.

 

Yes the fist rule is to ALWAYS REMOVE THE FUSE FIRST LOL!!!!.......im a dunmbass lol......i was a little excited and wanted to put the caps in....it slipped my mind ...yes they have the digital display for the voltage and neon rings w/flashing LEDs....page two on my site u can c them.....
i removed the caps and put my old ones in ...if i remember corectly i still did it.....


eliminator....how did u run the wired....most the time u run the RCAs on the oposite side of the car of the power wire...if u run them together u hear a hiss or a swirl as u drive .........i dunno my problem..........

do u think that i can trun my radio off take the remote wire of the amp and jump the power to the remote to have the amp on then run the RCAs from my buddys radio(he has very long RCAs) to my amp and c if that the problem...if thats the problem then the HU is fu*ked....thanks guys

 

Hum I have the power and the RCA running together will fix that but the thump,thump,thump crap sucks I was told I need a ground loop isolater what ever the heck that is any ideas??

 

CamaroSS30thAnn, What is the brand and model # of the HU. You may have craped the HU. Never play with the power wires with the RCAs still attached to the unit. It can F*** the HU. But you may be ably to work around it.

 

Pioneer 6500 2003 model

 

I would jump out the remote wire and check the amp with your friends HU. If you had the amps ground off of the frame, when you were hooking up the caps the ground path is now through the RCA’s ground to the HU. This will open a trace (the RCA’s ground trace) in that unit. This will give you muting and hum problems on the RCA outputs. If you have a continuity tested or DMM/ohm meter, you can check the RCA by checking the resistance from the outside of the RCA jack to the frame of the unit (with the power DISCONNECTED).