amp in protect.. need help ..

[zack39648 10+ year member]

alright well i have had the amp hooked up for about a week its a cadence TXA-750D and its powering 2 12" atomic Energy EN12D the d4 so i have a 1ohm load until today i didnt really turn it up for very long just short burst ... anyway the bass cut out so i stopped opened the trunk and the little red light is on the amp i was assuming it was in thermal protect casue it was a very hot day and the amp felt pretty hot .. so i got home and its been off for a couple hours and just tried it again and the red light is still on .. it powers up fine and i can hear the fan on the inside running and the subs sound like a heart beat just a light thump thump thump not to the music or anything .. anyways i was wandering what could be the problem i know its in protection i have checked and rechecked all connections and wiring ... please help

edit i should mention i bought this as a pair from member here and i left all the setting how he had them since he set them with a dmm ..

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[zack39648 10+ year member]

5 min bump need t figure this out

 

[zack39648 10+ year member]

seriously i am trying to figure this out .. experts .. enter!

 

[mike70wu 10+ year member]

check your ground wire

 

[zack39648 10+ year member]

like i said i have checked and rechecked all my connection are more than solid ..

 

[morgans432 10+ year member]

amp needs repaired

 

[zack39648 10+ year member]

so why in the fuk would it just go into protect like that it was working fine was hooked up fine ... something has to cause it ..

 

[Andrew_as 10+ year member]

One of my kicker kx1200.1's did the same thing right after i installed it. But mine did not get hot. had to send it back to kicker for repair.

 

[zack39648 10+ year member]

its really aggravating me... so what would cause this .. i mean you cant have an effect without a cause .. it wasnt user error cause if thats the case it would have broke when the other guy had it also ..

 

[05fronty 5,000+ posts]

i don't know about your amp, but i had a old phoenix gold amp that did that. i unhooked it from power and let it sit for about 30 minutes. it reset itself and played fine after that. come to find out i had a bad coil on one of my subs.

 

[BushJ311 5,000+ posts]

its really aggravating me... so what would cause this .. i mean you cant have an effect without a cause .. it wasnt user error cause if thats the case it would have broke when the other guy had it also ..

The amp got too hot?

 

[zack39648 10+ year member]

i also did test the coils on the subs and all 4 read within .1 of 4ohm and combined the two wires going into the amp read 1.3 ohms .. i have it unhooked from the battery now .. i also tried without the rcas hooked up did the same thing ... and also tried without the subs hooked up still the same thing

 

[zack39648 10+ year member]

The amp got too hot?

it wasnt scorching my cd player gets hotter than the amp was .. it has a fan on the inside and a big *** heat sink on the front .. .. it was only pushing 600w also ... i just do nt understand if the person i got it from didnt have the same problem why do i same subs same amp hooked up the same same levels .. everything

 

[zack39648 10+ year member]

any other help will be greatly appreciated ..i mean did i pay for an amp that i could only use for 5 days ...... well really only one day today was the first time i played it longer than 5 minutes .. before it was only played for like half a song and still wasnt turned up very loud

 

[Trez0r 10+ year member]

probably user error.. check inside of the amp?