Ah man I remember this one 'lude that had a snap everytime the brake was pressed. Had to put in quenching diodes on every switch and relay on the brake and lighting circuit.

I hated doing serious audio systems in Honda product.

JumpyRoo:
As to the relay, radio shack normally does stock a standard relay.

wire as follows:
turn on output from head unit: 86
ground on 85
12V from the rear battery: 87
turn on for amps/eq/etc: 30

 

Wiring the switches in series won't help.... they need to be in parallel. I run separate power cables for each amplifier, so i use a switch for each.

 

What do you mean by the numeric values? Are they amp levels? For fuses?

The antenna is aftermarket, now. So one power goes straight to the battery, and another is a twelve volt turn on. Then it's grounded to the frame, as well.

I really like this relay idea.

 

those numbers are stamped on the relay...... they are the 4 pin locations.

 

there are pins on the relay, I gave you the numbers for the pins themselves. On the relay there will be either a diagram or the numbers themselves next to the pins

 

Oh, I see. Thanks!

Anything else you guys can suggest for getting that amp to turn on if this fails?

 

If it doesn't turn on after that...... i'd just hook up the amp on the bench connected to a 12V battery with some speakers hooked to it.... if it doesn't work on the bench, then there has to be something wrong with the amp..... possibly a thermister or transister or anything...

matt

 

I agree, but I really think his problem was related to insufficent battery voltage more than insufficent turn on voltage.

 

Just letting you guys know for the sake of this post: The problem turned out to be the distribution block. This was a set up that had one four gauge cable that branched out into three six gauge cables. In here were three fuses that intermediated each six guage cable. The rear amp's fuse popped loose. It's still popping loose after a short drive or big bass spike. So I'm going to clamp it again, or just buy another high quality one. But the stuff about the Yellow Top battery is all true--no alternator helping it up. But it did gain *some* charge over the weekend--the same amount that any battery would if left alone. Enough for a minute and a half of Nine Inch Nails! Nice