Why my car amp keeps shutting off...? All wires look ok, only when I raise the volume on my radio it cuts off?

Question

I have a RF 600.1bd amp with 2 RF p3 subs. It worked fine in my other vehicle but ever since i moved it from there it's hasn't worked correctly yet. I thinking about buying a new radio thinking that's the problem but I just need some help

Answer 1

is it overheating? check the ground wire most of the time a bad ground causes all kinds of goofy effects. turn the amp gain down a little. If the head unit has it's own gain to the amp turn that down. All tricks that have worked for me.

Answer 2

If your amp is set for a 4 ohm load but you have wired your speakers at 8 ohms, the load will automatically shut off your amp or radio. Check out your number of speakers, their ohm load, and the configuration of the wiring to your speakers (parallel or series).

Answer 3

I would look at the way you have your speakers wired and calculate your impedence. Compare it to the rated output load of your amp. Sounds like your output side might be overheating and shutting down.

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Answer 4

couple of things, can your alternator support the draw from the amp? you can try a monster cap or something to go inline with the power. how is your ground, if it can't support all the power cioming in, it may just shut the amp off to prevent it from frying.

Answer 5

Is the gain control set correctly?


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Answer 6

check ground or turn your gain on the amp down a little bit

Answer 7

Your amp is getting too hot and shutting off. When the amp cools, it will come back on.

Answer 8

You may have a ground wire thats not properly connected