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[matslp488]

Hello there… newbie to the car audio world.. I’m installing a sound system on my 06 Silverado SS stock 160amp alt and battery.. It consists of 2 kicker cwrt104 dvc, kicker cxa1200.1 amp, 4 ga wiring and I also have a Rockford p400-4 amp that I want to hook up to the door speakers… this truck has an alpine ine 960 head unit and some Memphis speakers on all 4 doors… I have already connected the kicker amp, I drilled a hole to get the ground wire directly from the chassis and everything seems to work fine.. I have wired the subs at both 4 and 1 ohm and my prob is that when I give it more volume the amp goes into protection mode… anything that I’m missing???? Thicker wiring?? Is this a good combo…??? I still haven’t wired the speaker amp yet I’m trying to figure this out first… TIA

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[some dude]

I'd check that all wire connections are tight.

Do you have a multimeter? Use one to confirm you have subs wired to correct ohm load.
I'd start there.

 

[HardofWhoring]

OP, don't bother trying to interpret this fool.




Not sure of your skill level, so going to start with the basics.
Are you sure those are 4 ohm coils? They make 2 and 4 ohm coils. You can check with a multimeter.

How did you set your gain on your amps?

That amp isn't exactly a good match for those subs.
600w x 1 @ 4ohm &
1200w x 1 @ 1 ohm.

If that was me. I would buy a multimeter if needed ($20 or less for a basic one that will do what you need). Verify the resistance on all 4 coils /ohms. Wire them up to 1 ohm, and use this to wire them around 400w (or a little above).

EDIT: ( 400w RMS for each sub. 800w x 1 @ 1ohm. )

On one or two numbers below max on your head unit. (It should give you a little room, which you can verify, but not all head units send out a clean signal at max volume. You may be getting distortion before your amp. That's a general method that as long as your head unit is rated higher, this will get you right where you want to be.

 

[HardofWhoring]

Are you some AI program that has bugs and malware?

 

[Popwarhomie 5,000+ posts]

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