Blowing fuses on Basslink

[Changinlatitude]

I keep blowing the 20 amp blade fuse on my Infinity Basslink, and can't figure out why. I have battery power going to a distribution block, and the amp fires up with no problem. The other power line going to the Basslink shows power using my handy dandy 12v light right to the unit, but as soon as I connect the power lead to the terminal, the fuse blows. The line looks fine. It's not rubbing on any metal or anything like that. Any ideas what to check? Is the unit itself bad? Thanks,

Matt

[fastblackmerc]

What is on the end of the line?

[Spectragod]

Internal short??

[Turbov6Bryan]

Hooking to ground creating dead short?

What does it do if you split power from the signal source? Pop it too?


Seems what your explaining is you have your main high gauge wire fused power to it, then you hook up the tiny signal wire and the main fuse blows?

But yet you say it powers up...

Tell us what your doing, I'm not trying to read into it, what step is blowing which fuse?

[8UWITH6]

You have a short to power somewhere. Like Bryan said you say it powers up. Eliminate variables and unhook the remote wire from the head unit and see if the fuse lives longer. Personally I would inspect the power wire very closely. It is chafed somewhere.

[Changinlatitude]

I tried about every combination of unhooking wires and putting a new fuse in, including taking out the big inline fuse by the battery, putting a new fuse in the Basslink, and then putting the main fuse back in. Pow. Unhooked the signal wire. Pow. Unhooked the wire at the distribution block. Pow. Went through about 7 fuses.

Through it all, the fuse to my amp stays intact and stays powered up. It seems it's somewhere between the distribution block and the Basslink itself. Like I mentioned, my 12V light tester stays lighted when I have the power hooked to the Basslink. It's just I can't keep the unit fuse from blowing. Tomorrow I'll check the line again, but maybe some kind of internal issue? Thanks for all the advice!

Matt

[fastblackmerc]

I tried about every combination of unhooking wires and putting a new fuse in, including taking out the big inline fuse by the battery, putting a new fuse in the Basslink, and then putting the main fuse back in. Pow. Unhooked the signal wire. Pow. Unhooked the wire at the distribution block. Pow. Went through about 7 fuses.

Through it all, the fuse to my amp stays intact and stays powered up. It seems it's somewhere between the distribution block and the Basslink itself. Like I mentioned, my 12V light tester stays lighted when I have the power hooked to the Basslink. It's just I can't keep the unit fuse from blowing. Tomorrow I'll check the line again, but maybe some kind of internal issue? Thanks for all the advice!

Matt
Are you using the same amperage fuse.

[Changinlatitude]

Yeah, I even went up and down a size, but laid waste to a LOT of 20s.