Amp went into protect

[bmk6795 10+ year member]

So i was on my way home last night listening to some music at half headunit volume or so and the subs just stop playing so i get home and check the amp and its in protect. Gain is at half, no bass boost, lpf set at 80hz. Wasnt blaring it at all and it just quit, amp is an audiopipe 1500 watt mono block. Any ideas as to why it went into protect? All wires looked fine ground was good, gonna go check the wiring in the box to make sure nothing came loose.

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[bmk6795 10+ year member]

Amp is switching between protect and on but the protect light never turns off

 

[4OZGLOVES 10+ year member]

Audiopipe strikes again.

 

[rebelfromva 10+ year member]

check all your wires. Does it stay powered on the whole time? Check your voice coil readings

 

[bmk6795 10+ year member]

Thanks for the help guys but it was actually the fuse on the power wire, just one of the cheap fuse holders from Walmart. Which brings up another question, the plastic had actually melted, any idea why this happened? Only one half had melted, was running an 80 amp fuse and the amp is ruining at 4 ohms so its only pushing 500 watts

 

[cdc351jeferson 10+ year member]

what size wire you running and what brand? also i think 80amp is to small for this amp...

 

[bmk6795 10+ year member]

4 gauge and ive forgotten the brand I thought 80 amp would be ok for running it at 500 watts?