Need help with a speaker/channel going out

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May 6, 2013 | 06:03 PM

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UltraNutZ

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Originally Posted by marvincbr

So far what I have found while searching the net about this issue is that the amp should not be mounted to a metal grounded surface. When I had the amp in my 07, it was mounted to the inner fairing with 3M tape. When I put it in the 12, I made a set of mounts similar to the J&M ones, metal and mount to the radio and fairing mount. I was also using the fairing mount as a ground point. I have redone the way the amp mounts to the brackets using bushings and rubber washers to isolate the amp from ground. SO FAR, it seems to have fixed the left speaker going out. The pop is still there but I seldom turn the radio off, I turn the bike off 99.9% of the time. I am going to see how this works out now. Thank you all for the advice and information.

kinda thinking here that what you're describing would have nothing to do with the speaker cutting out. I think you probably moved some wires around that fixed that issue. Doing what you did here would certainly be a probable cause for ground noise but as you said, the pop is still there.