Serious problem or ??

[jmkanek 10+ year member]

Well im a dumb*** got in a hurry today to get everything in the car before a show and a ground wire got against the amp casing, didnt notice it till i turned the radio on one amp protected (the one the ground wire got against) and the other one had a horrible static engine noise, so i finally detected what i did fixed the wire, now both amps work fine but there is still horrible static and engine noise, i grounded the rcas at headunit and cut some of it out but its still there, never was before,

Question and hopefully this is all it is, would it be safe to say i fried the rcas grounding on headunit or could more damage be done,

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[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

you may have messed up the internal ground on the amp

 

[jmkanek 10+ year member]

Dang that sux. How would I determine if that's the prob

 

[jmkanek 10+ year member]

you may have messed up the internal ground on the amp

how would i go about elimnating that from the equation, if i unhook the rcas from amp and the noise is gone, would that meant that only the headunit is the problem, sweating bullets here, lol

 

[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

or try swapping the amp with another.do the rca swap first

 

[TaylorFade 10+ year member]

Try another source unit. Do you have an RCA adapter for your ipod? Or run some from another car?

 

[jmkanek 10+ year member]

when i unhook the rcas the noise quiets, so i hope and pray its just the headunit

 

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i would never have thought that a ground wire touching the amps caseing could cause all this,

 

[jmkanek 10+ year member]

anyone else, if the noise stops with the rcas unplugged from amp, that tends to lead to the headunit being the problem is this correct i hope so

 

[Germ305 10+ year member]

Just change it and find out?