Amp Going Into Protect

[Horsemanwill 10+ year member]

check all your wires from power to ground and speakers

 

[WillyG4444 10+ year member]

Hello I'm the newb trying to install this thing. I tried turning the gain down and nothing. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[bigaudiofanatic 10+ year member]

This is the guy I am helping the gains as he said didnt fix it.

 

[bigaudiofanatic 10+ year member]

The main ground wire went to the sub amp and a second ground wire was taped to the first one to power the 2 channel amp. I told him to take the main piece of ground wire an put it in the 2 channel amp and it still went into protect. So I told him to connect a speaker to his sub amp and put it in high pass and there was sound. I think the amp is done anyone have any other ideas. I am fresh out.

 

[WillyG4444 10+ year member]

I'm just confused as to how the amp would fry after working perfectly before this install, and after the installation the amp was just fried for some odd reason.

 

[bigaudiofanatic 10+ year member]

Bump

 

[loopkiller 10+ year member]

I am sorry, I am trying to read the thread with hopes of helping you, but Willy's avatar is way too distracting.

 

[WillyG4444 10+ year member]

I am sorry, I am trying to read the thread with hopes of helping you, but Willy's avatar is way too distracting.

lolol find a solution and I'll poast moaaar //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[loopkiller 10+ year member]

I have no idea where this install went wrong, but I can say 100% it is simply wired wrong somewhere. I would disconnect the speakers and RCAs from the amps and see if the still go into protect mode. Chances are that sometime during your install you let an RCA touch a ground when it was still attached to the amp in the back. When that happened, you blew your amp.

 

[(Hayden) 10+ year member]

Make sure you didn't pinch the RCA's with a screw or something when you ran them from the radio

 

[WillyG4444 10+ year member]

I ordered a new amp... UPS should have it here tomorrow, I'll post to see if that was the issue. I hope so ugh. Thanks for all of your help

 

[WillyG4444 10+ year member]

Got the amp, wired it up, SPEAKERS WORK! What the **** like 2 days trying to figure this shit out and the amp was messed up. At least it works now, thanks everyone for your input!!

 

[WillyG4444 10+ year member]

Ugh. Now my speakers are making a weird siren like noise occasionally. It is EXTREMELY LOUD! It seemed to happen a couple of times when I pushed against the inside of the door? Anyone?

 

[Enellz 10+ year member]

Is it a popping noise?

 

[Grinder1989 5,000+ posts]

Sounds like bad RCA's or the head unit has bad outputs (RCA's not grounded internally.)