Amp Shutting off

[hoodkid 10+ year member]

This once happened to me but then i realized i actually had a Dvc 2 ohm speakers, and had wired it to 1 Ohm

 

[slain93gsr 10+ year member]

hmmm only thing i can think of is that the arc sub might be a dual 2 ohm vc..

 

[alphakenny1 10+ year member]

^ No tested the sub with a dmm and it is dual 4 ohm. i also took the dmm at the amp and the final load says its 2 ohm.

so here's what i did. I was playing the song "if i ever fall in love" by Shai. And if you don't know this song, this song at the beginning freaking slams. I played the music at about 65/80 with oscope set at clipping at 70. anyways with the arc, after maybe the second bass hit, it would shut off. So i proceeded to turn off the car and on again and played the song again. Again maybe after the 2nd or 3rd bass hit, the sub/amp would shut off. I threw the ID in and played the song and it played without a problem. So can it be thats it a bad sub?

 

[alphakenny1 10+ year member]

gotdamit, the ID just shut off. it must be the amp i guess. but does an amp need to be hot to go into protect? i'm guessing not but i had to ask to make sure. the US Amps is cool as it can be. i mean today i drove to school (about a 10 min drive) and the arc played fine. i guess its just when the bass hits hard that it shuts off....

 

[slain93gsr 10+ year member]

is all your wiring fine ? nothing is pinched ?

 

[alphakenny1 10+ year member]

is all your wiring fine ? nothing is pinched ?

pinched? no comprendo? lol sorry.

But umm i checked the wiring. All the grounds are solid. same goes with speaker, power, and remote. is there any common wiring problems i should look out for? because i don't see any obvious ones. thx for the help slain.