Amp power question.

[jer_stud56 10+ year member]

Okay I'm usually pretty good at car audio/electronics but this one has gotten the best of me. Don't really know where the problem is.

I can turn on my car to accessory (or anything else) and the amp will turn on every time like it is supposed to, but as soon as any bass hits, it will protect and/or turn off. Everytime that happens I must turn off the deck, and turn it back on (for the remote wire to kick the amp back on) To stop this, I turn the bass dial to 0 and let it play for a few minutes and then its fine to crank it back up to whatever I want. Curious to know is this a wiring problem or electrical? I haven't found the solution in like a month and its finally starting to annoy me. Thanks for the help.

http://www.rockfordfosgate.com/rftech/wiringwizard.asp?WoofQty=1+woofer&WoofImp=Dual+Voice+Coil+-+4+ohms+x+2

the first example is how it is wired at the moment. (making 500W x 1)

Click to read more...

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

Sounds to me like the protection is kicking on either due to low voltage or improperly set gain/bass boost/level setting.

 

[jer_stud56 10+ year member]

OK I'll check my amp later on that...although nothing is over half volume on the amp. And I don't think there's a low voltage issue cause the deck would register it (has voltage reading)

 

[jer_stud56 10+ year member]

Well pulled my sub outa the box and checked all my amp settings. Still do not know the problem as all the wiring is fine (triple checked) and my amp settings are only at half along with the deck settings down. Must be electrical or what? Cause I'm using 4 Ga power and ground along with KNUKoncepts RCA's (all KNU stuff) So no problems there and the biggest the amp can take is a 4ga.

 

[jer_stud56 10+ year member]

No one has a real answer?