When I turn on my car, and put the volume on, not even alot, the amps goes to proc. I try putting another amp and the same thing happens. What do you thing is it? I got 2 12's Alpine with the amp. And the amp is a cheap brand. PLEASE HELP. Thank you
2006-11-05 04:25:13 · 6 answers · asked by panchoisno13 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Audio
Hey Sound....It sounds like it could be a couple of things...Any one, or a combination of one or more...
Check your leads to speaker's first..are they pos to pos, neg to neg..etc.. Check to see if the runs are freyed anywhere as well...
Are you trying to run any other speaker's besides the ones you stated?...That could unbalance the impedience load..if so. disconnect...
Have you grounded your amp properly?
Check the impedience load of your speaker's and amp...do they match? 4 ohms...8 ohms etc..Make sure they match...
Most likely, it's caused by some sort of miss match....Good luck...Yukoneze
2006-11-05 04:43:09 · answer #1 · answered by yukoneze 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your Alpine subs are 2-ohm dual voice, then you'll need another identical amp to be able to push them. If they're 4-ohm dual voice coil, stop trying to bridge them into your amp. Run each sub on one channel, with the voice coils paralleled, which will give you a 2-ohm load on each channel.
Oh, and if you've got a single channel amp, you'll need two of them, if your subs are 4-ohm dual voice coil, and four of them, if your subs are 2-ohm dual voice coil. Of course, you could always wire the subs in series, which will give you a much higher impedance, which your amp will be able to handle. You just won't get alot of sound.
2006-11-05 17:03:31 · answer #2 · answered by alchemist_n_tx 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe there is a short circuit in one of your speakers and it is the protection circuit coming on to protect the amp. Does the speakers work? Is there any strange noise from them that doesn't belong.?? Try some other speakers, just to see if it isn't the amp..
2006-11-05 12:34:56 · answer #3 · answered by chazzer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cheap amp. enough said.......... i love my system. i have a 12" Kicker Solo Barric L7 in a folded horn box Kicker kx500.2 amp monster cabled up to an Alpine in dash dvd player with a 7" flip screen monitor! but hey, good luck with that problem!
2006-11-05 12:57:40 · answer #4 · answered by Ryan T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pretty sure its a short, same thing happened to me and i traced the problem back to the wire input terminal on my box, somehow a single strand of speaker wire had come loose and was touching the other terminal so it shorted. jz disconnect everything and reconnect it slowly so atleast that way u can isolate ne problems u find
2006-11-08 20:54:29 · answer #5 · answered by Stylez36 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It`s wired up wrong for sure! Try stripping out everything and start over! And pay attention to detail.
2006-11-05 13:09:25 · answer #6 · answered by italianpanther7 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋