clipping amplifier

[slickrick 10+ year member]

My question to everybody is if a messed up car battery, or a lack of power from the alternator cause an amplifier to start clipping? Or is this only caused by the gain adjustment and maybe even giving an amp to low of an ohm rating, and messed up wiring.. Also what about the grounding of the wire could that play a factor.

I have a rockford fosgate BD1000 amp that is clipping just a little bit. I have checked the wiring and everything is correct. It should be showing the amp a 4ohm load. Would a capacitor help this problem. The manual to the amp says it can handle down to 2ohms.

Does anybody know why it might be clipping?

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[AR095 10+ year member]

yes, bad batterys are notroious for killing amps.

if the amp is not getting enough power it is not going to preform well.

 

[maylar 10+ year member]

Uh... no. Turn down the gain until it stops clipping.

 

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

there ya go....easiest way to solve the problem...heh