It will keep doing this until I turn the volume down. my amp is only turned up half gain. I have a capacitor as well so I dont think power is the problem. I only have 8 gauge power wire ran for now until my 4 gauge comes in. Is that the problem? Any suggestions?
2006-12-20 08:33:33 · 6 answers · asked by dayfee12 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Audio
With your music turned up to higher volumes like that your amp is going to take more power. If the electrical system in your car is not up to par then you could be putting so much strain on your electrical system that you are causing the voltage supplied to your amp to drop so far that your amp is cutting off. Upgrading to the 4 gauge may not even solve your problem. If your battery is old you may want to look into replacing it. But if your alternator isnt able to produce enough amps to run your amp as well as the rest of your vehicle then this will only be a temporary solution, it will only be a matter of time til this starts happening again. With the amp that you are running, I would also suggest a 1.5 to 2 farad capacitor. It will help your battery a lot when the amp calls for those extreme loads. Also do what the other person said and upgrade the ground wire from your battery to the chassis of your car. A lot of people forget about that half of the power loop quite often.
2006-12-20 08:53:07 · answer #1 · answered by navymn78 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-15 08:05:07 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keep it at half volume until the 4 gauge is in. The cap just keeps the spikes and noise down. It doesn't keep the amp from sucking the voltage down And you'd probably do good to run a negative wire to the battery too. Grounding to the chassis can cause problems with your electrical stuff when you pull that much current.
2006-12-20 08:40:33 · answer #3 · answered by Nomadd 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Depends how the subs are wired, if they are parralell or series ifthats not the problem you may have a speaker problem. Check them with an ohm meter. That is probably a mono amp, rated for 2 ohms. That means f you hook an ohm meter up to the speaker leads where they would connect to the amp, you should read two ohms. Two 4 ohm speakers in parallel are 2 ohms, but two 2 ohm speakers in paralell are only 1 ohm - too low
2006-12-20 08:43:10 · answer #4 · answered by fairway8u 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
long story short. your amp is cutting out cause your 8ga cant get it enough power. think of it as trying to catch your breath through a coffie straw. dont turn it up till you get your 4ga in. also, the short/bigger the ground wire it, the better.
2006-12-21 00:41:10 · answer #5 · answered by JimL 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Letas kept it easy and cut your gains down.
2006-12-20 16:30:55 · answer #6 · answered by mruknowme28 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋