Got a problem with my BXi1606D

[Silver 10+ year member]

and it still would not hurt to use the dmm to check the ohms

i did each coil is putting out 2ohms...

 

[Astyl 10+ year member]

did you use the voltage method to set your amp gains via what its rated

you cant just crank the shit out of it to get the sub to move and then say its good and not clipping

bxi series are weak as shit, i read a post on here awile back of a guy all he had was the big three and a yellowtop, stock 120 amp alt and he turned his bxi2006D amp gain all the way up, bass boost, everything max'd out, and the lights didnt even dim

 

[orioles26 10+ year member]

I think the guy earlier ment to put the dmm on the + and - wires that actually go into the amp to see if they are getting a one ohm load not to check the voice coils.

 

[Silver 10+ year member]

did you use the voltage method to set your amp gains via what its rated
you cant just crank the shit out of it to get the sub to move and then say its good and not clipping

bxi series are weak as shit, i read a post on here awile back of a guy all he had was the big three and a yellowtop, stock 120 amp alt and he turned his bxi2006D amp gain all the way up, bass boost, everything max'd out, and the lights didnt even dim

No I didn't use the voltage method.

I didn't crank the gains on my amp and all of that..

If I crank the gain up all the way no boost or anything the sub doesn't even hit barely. My gain is not even all the way up in the first place.

If I slowly crank the bass boost it comes around, but it goes into protect.

I want to know if I hooked up my sub wrong.

Here is how I have the L7 wired right now.

Coil 2 neg to Coil 1 neg to amp

Coil 1 pos to Coil 2 pos to amp

how kicker reccomends...

Coil 2 neg to Coil 1 neg to amp

Coil 2 pos to Coil 1 pos to amp

Would that affect polarity?

 

[Silver 10+ year member]

I think the guy earlier ment to put the dmm on the + and - wires that actually go into the amp to see if they are getting a one ohm load not to check the voice coils.

I did that and the amp is putting out 1ohm, w/o the speaker hooked up.

 

[Ali1 10+ year member]

how do you know it's at 1ohm?

To answer your main question, NO!

it doesn't matter which way you wire it between those two options. As long as all the -s are together and all the +s are together, you are wiring it at 1ohm nominal......

your DMM will not show 1ohm and it will not read 1ohm. Box/impedence rise comes in. So it's probably going to read from 1.2 to 5 ohms.... Check your ohm load by placing the "DMM leads" onto the speaker wires that are going to the amp. Then, plug the speakerwires into the amp, and check the ohmload at the amp. It should read the same.......

 

[Silver 10+ year member]

how do you know it's at 1ohm?

To answer your main question, NO!

it doesn't matter which way you wire it between those two options. As long as all the -s are together and all the +s are together, you are wiring it at 1ohm nominal......

your DMM will not show 1ohm and it will not read 1ohm. Box/impedence rise comes in. So it's probably going to read from 1.2 to 5 ohms.... Check your ohm load by placing the "DMM leads" onto the speaker wires that are going to the amp. Then, plug the speakerwires into the amp, and check the ohmload at the amp. It should read the same.......

I did that and its around one ohm, not exactly like you said but you know what I mean.

It should not take a ~1600rms amp for a 1000rms sub a 3/4 gain turn... on top of that with the sub barely moving.

So Im guessing I have a faulty amp.

 

[Ali1 10+ year member]

did you use the voltage method to set your amp gains via what its rated
you cant just crank the shit out of it to get the sub to move and then say its good and not clipping

bxi series are weak as shit, i read a post on here awile back of a guy all he had was the big three and a yellowtop, stock 120 amp alt and he turned his bxi2006D amp gain all the way up, bass boost, everything max'd out, and the lights didnt even dim

that doesn't mean nothing. He probably had a good electrical system. Regardless of his dimming, there's really no proof. It's a caraudio forum filled with a bunch of people around the globe. We don't know what his system is and how do YOU know it doesnt dim?

For all we know, he had the amp wired at 4ohms?

 

[UMGixxer 10+ year member]

i tried telling him that he just wasnt trying to hear that

 

[Ali1 10+ year member]

I did that and its around one ohm, not exactly like you said but you know what I mean.
It should not take a ~1600rms amp for a 1000rms sub a 3/4 gain turn...

So Im guessing I have a faulty amp.

not really..... my bxi1606 did that too. you really don't hear much until you crank the gain all the way up..... The gain depends on your HU and how good of a strength it's giving to the amp. Which HU is it and how many volts preouts?

For instance, i had an alpine 9857 with 2V preout, and i had to turn my gain up all the way to 3/4, but my bassboost was turned off. Check your HU and make sure it's working properly and you have your SUb level to max........

Take your amp and put it in another car and see if it does the same thing.....

 

[Ali1 10+ year member]

don't waste your time returning the amp to onlinecarstereo......

i thought the same and returned my 1606 to CIA Engineering and they told me there is nothing wrong with the amp and it works completely fine..... I had to pay for shipping for no reason.....

 

[Silver 10+ year member]

i have a clarion dxz 655mp. 2v pre outs also.

the rcas are in the input channel. r - red l - black.

the gains are up 3/4 but here is what my main complaint is...

It should not take a ~1600rms amp for a 1000rms sub a 3/4 gain turn... on top of that with the sub barely moving. ya know

I had a bx1500d and it took a 1/4 of a turn to get it moving majorly and pounding... no bass boost nothing... i guess i just expected way too much

 

[Ali1 10+ year member]

same head unit?

 

[Silver 10+ year member]

same hu

when i hook up everything and set it all i check to see if my sub is making a scratching noise or anything like that. it hasnot with this amp, but it still goes into protect.

the amp doesnt get hot at all either does the woofer.

 

[Ali1 10+ year member]

swap out the amp and put the 1500d back in, see if it does the same