Car Audio Remote Wire Not Enough Power?

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SeanL

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My system has a hifonics collousess and kenwood 4 channel amp and just stopped working so i put 12V to my remote wire lead and heated up and seen smoke so I removed the wire. today I take a look at the wires and my remote wire melted a bit so again I put 12V to my remote lead again and I get music and no heat from wire. Tested the remote wire and im getting around what i should .25 vlots. Strange part is the longer I hold the 12V to it then remove it the longer the music plays before it goes dead (Sounds like when your batterys dies) What could be the cause of this?
Almost like its using my remote wire as Power which we know is impossible as there would be nothing left of that tiny wire.

My Gimmy Rig: I Did bring two remote wires from the amps and solder them to the remote wire
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dont know what you mean. if you restate another question and tell us exactly how your setup is we can help you
 
there should be a small in line fuse in the remote turn on wire behind the head unit like 5 amp fuse in it its a blue wire, very thin and can't handle a strait 12 volts and that fuse should have blown when you tried this. if you have no power in the remote turn on wire from the line from the head unit the remote turn on in the head unit has crapped out.don't be swapping wiring around like this or the amps wiring will melt just like the wire did if its not already done.hope this helps.one remote turn on wire can run two amps without a problem.when you got the remote turn on wire were you need it you can splice into it and turn it into 2 wires no need to jump it from one amp to the other although it should be fine jumping it from one amp to the other,but by giving each amplifier its own remote turn on wire,you will know if its in the amp itself or in the head unit.
 
You're right, the remote wire should only pull micro amps. Try this - Put a car light bulb in line with the main power line, then touch the remote line & see if the unit is drawing thru the main line - The bulb will light. If it is pulling thru the main, then either the unit has a fault that's causing the remote to pull much more then it's suppose to, or there is a short in the remote line somewhere. If nothing new is learned, then I'd pull the unit out & bench wire it & see if it reacts the same.
 
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