Amplifier going into protect after upgrading to 0 Gauge

[stork90 10+ year member]

Alright so i decided to throw in some new wiring and after getting it all in and done everything was fine for awhile. The next day i woke up and when i go to turn up the volume a bit i go into protect. Ive made sure my ground was good checked for something grounding out etc.

-Big 3 done in 0

-the amp is a Power acoustik 4000d(not too fond of it)

----Any help is appreciated----

-Matt

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[Wingman0121 10+ year member]

Upgrading the power cable shouldn't throw an amplifier into protect, check all of your connections and wiring to make sure.

 

[SPLaudio 5,000+ posts]

^ it wont unless the ground wasnt up graded to 0 too,was it?

 

[Wingman0121 10+ year member]

^^ If anything it'll just bottleneck the current flow unless the ground got lose and all the sudden the amp is only seeing like 9v, which does happen when you move stuff around.

 

[stork90 10+ year member]

ground is zero gauge as well, but im pretty sure i found the issue...

 

[Blasphemy 10+ year member]

That'll buff out.

 

[stork90 10+ year member]

For sure, it looks like the solder just ****ing melted and let it drop out lol.

 

[SPLaudio 5,000+ posts]

it broke off but can be resoldered and then silicone around coil...

 

[dbeez 5,000+ posts]

since your not too fond of it toss it in the trash and upgrade.

 

[Databyter 10+ year member]

Alright so i decided to throw in some new wiring and after getting it all in and done everything was fine for awhile. The next day i woke up and when i go to turn up the volume a bit i go into protect. Ive made sure my ground was good checked for something grounding out etc.
-Big 3 done in 0

-the amp is a Power acoustik 4000d(not too fond of it)

----Any help is appreciated----

-Matt

You know you should reset your gains right? It might not much any difference, but it could have if your older wire feed was choking response.

Then your new feed would be giving a higher potential of gain which could send you easily into the realms of clipping and over-power.

Anytime I make a mod like that I would recheck settings. Just a thought.

 

[Wingman0121 10+ year member]

I would take the amp apart and resolder the part back on and see if it still works.

 

[stork90 10+ year member]

Yea, my friend is going to resolder it today and ill see if it works, if so ill sell it. Im done with it i will never buy PA again.

 

[dirt101 10+ year member]

what is it you dislike about your BAMF...I have one too, and have been considering upgrading to a sundown or etc but I dont know what im going to gain by going to a higher quality amp.

 

[stork90 10+ year member]

The build quality is just terrible. I knew it wasnt going to put out what its rated at most likely that wasnt even the issue, im on my second one because the first one i got was defective. And now components are just falling out... rediculous.