Audiopipe APSM-1500 Protection for a few seconds?

[Quick 10+ year member]

Do we need to bridge the amp? I didn't see how to wire it to bridge it.. I am and we are kind of confused. ANY IDEAS PLEASE HELP!

 

[Quick 10+ year member]

Things didn't go right at all. Our voltmeter is expensive and good, my dad uses it everyday so it's not bad. When HU was at 75%, and tone was playing with gain all the way down, we had .4 on AC. The max we got to with the gain all the way up was 6 volts. Which is BAD because we are suppose to have that with the gain all the way down. My dad and I are stumped tho, period! We are going to work on it tomorrow morning so I need all of your guys help asap please!

Here's how we wired the sub when it was plugged in.

We hooked the positive to the positive speaker terminal, and then the negative prong to the negative speaker terminal. Thing is, to get two ohms all of the 4 speaker terminals have to be filled with speaker wire, so would you have to put 4 prongs in all 4 terminal spots?

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[Quick 10+ year member]

Today we put the sub level at +15 because it just wouldn't rea much voltage at 0. So I set it to 41.5 so I wouldn't even be near the edge of 43.5 volts. I played a hard hitting song and after about a note or two of hard hitting it cut out and amp went into protect. We put the ground underneath the car to a bolt on the bumper and the bumper should be welded to the frame. This is such a nightmare tbh. It's teasing to. You feel the awesomeness an loudness of it, but it just doesn't work. We're Gna check the voltage when I get back from breakfast and see if I'm just dropping too many volts or what, so frustrating.

 

[CAT MAN 5,000+ posts]

Today we put the sub level at +15 because it just wouldn't rea much voltage at 0. So I set it to 41.5 so I wouldn't even be near the edge of 43.5 volts. I played a hard hitting song and after about a note or two of hard hitting it cut out and amp went into protect. We put the ground underneath the car to a bolt on the bumper and the bumper should be welded to the frame. This is such a nightmare tbh. It's teasing to.* You feel the awesomeness an loudness of it*, but it just doesn't work. We're Gna check the voltage when I get back from breakfast and see if I'm just dropping too many volts or what, so frustrating.

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[Quick 10+ year member]

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Well it's awesome compared to my last system. Beats the crap out of it. Do you maybe have any idea what you thinks wrong?

 

[CAT MAN 5,000+ posts]

Well it's awesome compared to my last system. Beats the crap out of it. Do you maybe have any idea what you thinks wrong?

actually i do. take the amp and find a way to mount it where the bottom isnt close to anything. there is a fan under them. also take the amp apart and see fi anything is discolered. you could have a fet going bad.

 

[Quick 10+ year member]

actually i do. take the amp and find a way to mount it where the bottom isnt close to anything. there is a fan under them. also take the amp apart and see fi anything is discolered. you could have a fet going bad.

What's fet? And I raised the amp some do it has a inch or two to breathe up under it.

 

[CAT MAN 5,000+ posts]

What's fet? And I raised the amp some do it has a inch or two to breathe up under it.

its peices on the heatsink they have 4 legs and a square chip like shape. take the back off and find out. unless you have a warrenty...then just send it in

 

[Quick 10+ year member]

its peices on the heatsink they have 4 legs and a square chip like shape. take the back off and find out. unless you have a warrenty...then just send it in

I will call audiopipe i guess. Do they not burn in the amps before shipping them out?

 

[CAT MAN 5,000+ posts]

I will call audiopipe i guess. Do they not burn in the amps before shipping them out?

burn in? you mean test? no AP doesnt test before release.

 

[Quick 10+ year member]

burn in? you mean test? no AP doesnt test before release.

Alright so it's very possible that it's not working right? Is that what it sounds like to you? Nothing on my part?

 

[VisceralSound 10+ year member]

Turn the +15 sub level down to 0, and then reset your gains. If you see any bass boost options, turn them OFF.
You can use any standard digital multimeter as long as it can measure AC volts.

yea.... i knew i was right about the sub level needing to be set at 0 not +15

So much fail itt

 

[Quick 10+ year member]

So much fail itt

Huh? I couldn't get a voltage reading higher than 11, do I had to put it on +15, then I reached 43 volts like I'm suppose to.

 

[VisceralSound 10+ year member]

Turn the +15 sub level down to 0, and then reset your gains. If you see any bass boost options, turn them OFF.
You can use any standard digital multimeter as long as it can measure AC volts.

yea.... i knew i was right about the sub level needing to be set at 0 not +15

Huh? I couldn't get a voltage reading higher than 11, do I had to put it on +15, then I reached 43 volts like I'm suppose to.

Hence why I did NOT quote you, turning your subwoofer preout to zero (aka your RCA's voltage) brought it under the 2v-5v (whatever your headunits rated for) so you weren't giving it the voltage it needed to function regularly, since you put it to 15 its giving you the normal preout voltage of the headunit thus your results.

 

[VisceralSound 10+ year member]

Today we put the sub level at +15 because it just wouldn't rea much voltage at 0. So I set it to 41.5 so I wouldn't even be near the edge of 43.5 volts. I played a hard hitting song and after about a note or two of hard hitting it cut out and amp went into protect. We put the ground underneath the car to a bolt on the bumper and the bumper should be welded to the frame. This is such a nightmare tbh. It's teasing to. You feel the awesomeness an loudness of it, but it just doesn't work. We're Gna check the voltage when I get back from breakfast and see if I'm just dropping too many volts or what, so frustrating.

Do you have bass boost on your AMP turned up?