Subwoofer cutting in and out at higher volume

[Carboss23]

I have a Jensen KS2410BP 700W Bandpass Subwoofer and a Jensen JXP720 Amplifier. Those are my settings on my amplifier (See Picture). When i have the bass on my stereo set to -2 and i try to bring the volume up past a certain point (8 bars on my ford escape about 1/6 the max volume) the subwoofer cuts out and the protection light turns on. Do i need to get a bigger AMP, bigger radiator, better battery, change AMP settings, wiring what? Thanks

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[Firewalker]

For one turn the bass boost down. No one uses bass boost on a amplifier. 2nd set the gains properly with a multi-meter or oscilloscope.

 

[Popwarhomie 5,000+ posts]

How do you have the subwoofers wired to the amp? One subwoofer to each channel of the amp? Not sure if the subwoofers are wired together with that box or to individual terminals on the box.

Are you using an aftermarket headunit, a LOC, or the high level inputs on the amp?

 

[Carboss23]

How do you have the subwoofers wired to the amp? One subwoofer to each channel of the amp? Not sure if the subwoofers are wired together with that box or to individual terminals on the box.

Are you using an aftermarket headunit, a LOC, or the high level inputs on the amp?

The subs have their own channels on the left and right side of the speaker box. I am using an LOC for my stock headunit.

 

[Firewalker]

What kind of LOC are you using? If it is a cheapo walmart one then that could be part of the problem as well.

 

[Carboss23]

What kind of LOC are you using? If it is a cheapo walmart one then that could be part of the problem as well.

I am using a PAC SNI-35 Line Output Converter

 

[Firewalker]

Yeah that isn't exactly a decent LOC to begin with. I would be dropping the bass boost as no one uses that on a amplifier these days. People adjust via the head unit or dsp or if the amplifier came with a bass knob. I would also figure out what the actual RMS is and then adjust the amplifier gains from there also.

At this point even a cheap head unit with RCA's is a better option then using that cheap LOC you have. Good luck!