Amp placement and problems
01-05-2006, 05:33 AM
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Amp placement and problems
I know this isn't the right forum but I know I can get my answer back quickly. Right now I am having probelms with mine 10" sub (350 watts max) and currently my (300 x2 watt) amp is bolted to the floor. My boy told me to remove it from the floor and put the amp on my back seat, but I can't because I have an upper rear tie bar and the armrest has that plastic peice. I was just wondering if mounting it up on the rear deck would be safer and better cooling? We ended up grounding mine under the trunk matt into the sheet metal. My pain problem is that the amp keeps on going in protection. We made sure we wired everything up and checked it again and still in prtection. We got another amp and 30 mins later it went in protection as well. I am thinking that the wire kit isn't strong enough. It's 8 gauge but it doesn't look good quality to me. I am thinking about running 4 gauge but high quality of course and remounting the amp. What do you guys & gals think?
01-05-2006, 05:38 AM
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when the amp goes into protection mode, it usually means one of two things ...
1. the amp is fried or overheating.
2. the speaker drawing the power is busted or too powerful.
Since you've tried a different amp, try a different sub.
1. the amp is fried or overheating.
2. the speaker drawing the power is busted or too powerful.
Since you've tried a different amp, try a different sub.
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Originally Posted by vtecaccord01
When I replaced the amp i got the same one over again. So should I just get a new amp, sub, and complete wiring kit?
01-05-2006, 06:28 AM
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Originally Posted by vtecaccord01
Just throwing it out there but what if I got a stronger amp?
what size inline fuse are you running from the battery?
If the fuse is too large, it won't blow when it has to.
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Originally Posted by e3NiNe
when the amp goes into protection mode, it usually means one of two things ...
1. the amp is fried or overheating.
2. the speaker drawing the power is busted or too powerful.
Since you've tried a different amp, try a different sub.
1. the amp is fried or overheating.
2. the speaker drawing the power is busted or too powerful.
Since you've tried a different amp, try a different sub.
Another reason could be the wiring of the sub. If you have a DVC sub, it would be wired incorrectly and somehow you have too low of an impedance, causing the amp to go right into protection mode.
What subwoofer is this? Exactly how is the subwoofer wired? How is it wired to the amp?
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It is a DVC sub. When I first installed the new amp it played for about 40 mins then went into protection mode. Now anytime I put the fuse in it goes straight into protection. I have no idea what size inline fuse is in there. It came with the amp kit. The fuse hold is only a black casing so I wanted to upgrade it anyway. When I tried the second amp the sub still worked fine. The green light would blink and I would hear the sub catch a single but that is it.