ok, so heres my long question. I got a new amp to match my subs and i hooked it up and it worked fine. then it went out. then everytime i turned the car on the light on the amp would turn on the immdeiately shut off. some one told me to check the fuses. everything was fine. then a guyat work told me to make sure there wasnt a cut in my wire and the have the actual wires exposed touching stuff. from what i can tell its all good. so i messed with the fuse holder by the battery and tried it and it worked. from what i can tell the only thing wrong is when the fuse holder is pointed down the amp shuts off. when its upright its fine. well clumsy me dropped the bottom half of the plastic cover for the fuse. so i just wrapped it up securely in electrical tape. im afraid this may cause a fire. does anyone have any info that could help me as far as why my amp is doing this or if it is unsafe to do what i did with my fuse holder?