Amp turns on but nothing to the subs

[morgans432 10+ year member]

ttt

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

1.5 ohms? is that right?

does the amp put out the voltage you had it set to? if not, i say bad amp.

 

[morgans432 10+ year member]

it was putting out everything just fine then it stopped don't know why. I didn't have a great contact to the subs where the wires are connected. Should i take it to get bench tested and see if that turns anything up?

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

not a bad idea. that will put the amp out of the question if its still good.

 

[morgans432 10+ year member]

yeah I'm going to get that done right now. I hope they can tell me if not I guess I will be getting another amp or repairing this one.

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

see if they will loan you an amp to test your subs while you are there

 

[morgans432 10+ year member]

I went there and they are swamped with customers because of the holidays they have cars lined up outside. I should of though about asking for them to lend me an amp really quick but they probally wouldn't of done that. I got another amp coming in soon so I will see how it works out from there.

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

test the VCs independently and see if they show the correct resistance

 

[morgans432 10+ year member]

test the VCs independently and see if they show the correct resistance

how would I do this? I'm new to testing things because I never really have anything break.

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

take the subs out. set your DMM to the ohm symbal ( i assume you know what that is). put the black lead in the neg terminal of the sub and the red to the pos. it should read close to what the coils are. (ie, dual 4ohm vcs each vc should read ~4.0 ohms on a dmm)

 

[morgans432 10+ year member]

ok thats what I thought will check that right now and be back. thanks for the help

 

[morgans432 10+ year member]

did what you said and I got 1.8 and they 2ohm subs so that is all good. I'm guessing it is the amp now.

 

[morgans432 10+ year member]

ttt

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

did you ever get that amp benched?