I hate it when things go wrong...

[Jon-Lombardi]

I've got EVERYTHING wired correctly...

RCA's on passenger side, along w/ the amp remote wire.
12v is on the driver's side
Ground is bolted
12" Pioneer sub ran by a Boss Riot 800w amp.

Low sound of whitenoise/static and every time the bass goes off, a high pitch, at a low sound as well, is happening.

I unplug the RCA to the amp side and I can live without bass for now, but whitenoise is still playing in the background...

Found out the sub was previously used (Bought at Wal*Mart) and I'm returning it for a new one.

If it's not my sub, then it's my amp. Someone was nice enough to give me their old amp and I would feel like an a$$ if I have to buy a brand spankin new one.

I think it is the amp causing the trouble though.

 

[Jon-Lombardi]

Turns out that I had to change the location of my ground wire... ^^;

 

[Joe Dirt]

Where was it, Jon? Usually the ground is close-by, and not very long...

 

[Jon-Lombardi]

Where was it, Jon? Usually the ground is close-by, and not very long...

I took like a 16 gauge wire and the solid black wire that was on the speaker portion of the harness and re-routed it to a ground bold under the dash. It stopped doing the white noise, for all that I know.

 

[Joe Dirt]

Cool. Yeah, sometimes the grounds can go haywire, especially on older vehicles...

You didn't run a ground from the amp? Mine was just about 1 foot from the amp to the floor in the back of the truck. Or was this for the radio?

 

[Jon-Lombardi]

Yeah, I ran one from the aftermarket amp to one of the hooks' bolts that is in the back. It was the ground for the factory amp that was giving me trouble.

 

[Joe Dirt]

Ah ok... Yeah, sometimes they will just corrode out, or moving wiring during installs can create problems too...