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<blockquote data-quote="robertoyoung08" data-source="post: 7957679" data-attributes="member: 613565"><p>[quote name='gckless']Oh, you didn&#39;t mention that before. Still, for 4ga 150A is where you should be. But make sure that your gains are set right, that you&#39;re not clipping and drawing large amounts of power. Also make sure there are no shorts or anything like that.</p></blockquote><p></p><p>Ill have to double check gains I guess. The amps are mounted where I cant even see the gains so I haven&#39;t touched them yet since initial set up that I had ball parked to get things running before tunning.</p><p> </p><p>[quote name='av83']I don&#39;t think fuse type is your issue. If the jl is supposed to be fused at 100, and the run of four gauge going from the d-block to the amp is short, than your problem is likely due to the gain being up to far. You&#39;re probably ******* up a bunch more amperage than you should and clipping your amp at the same time. Use a dmm and test tone to set your amp gain, or better yet, rent the DD-1 from [USER=636023]@jockhater2[/USER] ;[/QUOTE]</p><p> </p><p></p><p>Lol he rents it?!</p><p>Ill have to check gains then. Everything else seems fine. The amp turns on/off perfectly and plays at low/moderate volumes perfectly too. My power run to it is only like 3 to 4 feet tops</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="robertoyoung08, post: 7957679, member: 613565"] [quote name='gckless']Oh, you didn't mention that before. Still, for 4ga 150A is where you should be. But make sure that your gains are set right, that you're not clipping and drawing large amounts of power. Also make sure there are no shorts or anything like that.[/QUOTE] Ill have to double check gains I guess. The amps are mounted where I cant even see the gains so I haven't touched them yet since initial set up that I had ball parked to get things running before tunning. [quote name='av83']I don't think fuse type is your issue. If the jl is supposed to be fused at 100, and the run of four gauge going from the d-block to the amp is short, than your problem is likely due to the gain being up to far. You're probably ******* up a bunch more amperage than you should and clipping your amp at the same time. Use a dmm and test tone to set your amp gain, or better yet, rent the DD-1 from [USER=636023]@jockhater2[/USER] ;[/QUOTE] Lol he rents it?! Ill have to check gains then. Everything else seems fine. The amp turns on/off perfectly and plays at low/moderate volumes perfectly too. My power run to it is only like 3 to 4 feet tops [/QUOTE]
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