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[Help] Amp(s) have no output after so many seconds?
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<blockquote data-quote="datguy.dev" data-source="post: 8623329" data-attributes="member: 674508"><p>Greetings,</p><p></p><p>I drive a 99' Ford Escort. I like to have a good punch to my music, but not too much. So I usually go with budget friendly options for hardware. My current internal audio setup is a small <a href="http://www.clarion.com/us/en/products-personal/speaker/XC1410/manual/index.html" target="_blank">4-channel Clarion amp (XC1410)</a>, front components, tweeters, and 6x9s in the rear. All that works great and is enough for me.</p><p></p><p>However, in the trunk. I used to have a full Boss Phantom setup. (<a href="https://www.bossaudio.com/product/car-audio-sound-system-auto-stereo-dual-voice-coil-subwoofer-boss-audio-p106dvc/" target="_blank">The sub (P106DVC)</a>). But as you may expect, the amp died. It's been awhile since I could afford a replacement. But recently, I tried a Boss Armor AR1500M amp. Turns out the amp would cut off and output nothing after about 30 seconds of playing music. It didn't go into protect mode or anything. So...not knowing much but that Boss makes bad amps. I then went out and bought a Alpine MRP-M500. Yet, this amp is doing the exact same thing!!! It seems to cut out quicker the higher the gain is. But the time is near the same between low and high output. I took an multi-meter to my sub and it is reading 2.25 ohms... I don't understand why the amp would just stop having output. The previous Boss Phantom amp worked a treat until it bit the dust. I have a pretty beefy wiring setup, overkill gauge wire. Good ground that I just scraped clean again. I've tested with other RCA leads and the issues persists.</p><p></p><p>I was going to try wiring the sub in 4 ohms mode to see if there are different results. I haven't a clue why this is happening. Does anyone have any advice they would care to share? I can post pictures tomorrow if requested.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="datguy.dev, post: 8623329, member: 674508"] Greetings, I drive a 99' Ford Escort. I like to have a good punch to my music, but not too much. So I usually go with budget friendly options for hardware. My current internal audio setup is a small [URL="http://www.clarion.com/us/en/products-personal/speaker/XC1410/manual/index.html"]4-channel Clarion amp (XC1410)[/URL], front components, tweeters, and 6x9s in the rear. All that works great and is enough for me. However, in the trunk. I used to have a full Boss Phantom setup. ([URL="https://www.bossaudio.com/product/car-audio-sound-system-auto-stereo-dual-voice-coil-subwoofer-boss-audio-p106dvc/"]The sub (P106DVC)[/URL]). But as you may expect, the amp died. It's been awhile since I could afford a replacement. But recently, I tried a Boss Armor AR1500M amp. Turns out the amp would cut off and output nothing after about 30 seconds of playing music. It didn't go into protect mode or anything. So...not knowing much but that Boss makes bad amps. I then went out and bought a Alpine MRP-M500. Yet, this amp is doing the exact same thing!!! It seems to cut out quicker the higher the gain is. But the time is near the same between low and high output. I took an multi-meter to my sub and it is reading 2.25 ohms... I don't understand why the amp would just stop having output. The previous Boss Phantom amp worked a treat until it bit the dust. I have a pretty beefy wiring setup, overkill gauge wire. Good ground that I just scraped clean again. I've tested with other RCA leads and the issues persists. I was going to try wiring the sub in 4 ohms mode to see if there are different results. I haven't a clue why this is happening. Does anyone have any advice they would care to share? I can post pictures tomorrow if requested. [/QUOTE]
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