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[Hawaiian 10+ year member]

I know this is kinda the wrong forum but I need help and I know some guys are usually on this one.

I was all stoked on my new kicker 1200.1 which I will be having power my 15" Adire audio Brahma (Dual 2 ohm VC wired parallel to 1 ohm). Got it all wired up by a guy who worked for a car audio company who is a friend of mine, and turned it on, worked perfectly. Kept it low so i could break everything in and not push to hard at first. Turned it off for a bit, came back and turned it on and nothing. When I turn on the power I get a flash of the Red protect light, and then it dims out to no lights at all. The only troubleshooting things in my manual talk about red or green constant on, no single on the fading. I am wondering what this light means, I personally took everything apart to make sure that all the wires are run properly. Ground, Power and remote are all working, not totally sure how to check RCA's but they are brand new. Any idea what is going on?

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[nswartley 5,000+ posts]

the amp isnt 1 ohm stable...

EDIT~is it the kx.1200?

 

[Hawaiian 10+ year member]

Yup, the one channel class D 1200.1

 

[abcdefg 10+ year member]

yea it isnt 1ohm stable, youll have to wire the amp to a 4ohm load

 

[Hawaiian 10+ year member]

http://www.kicker.com/ShowPage.cfm?filename=kxdclass.html&menu=AMPS

kicker says it is. 1200 @ 1 ohm

 

[abcdefg 10+ year member]

Originally posted by Hawaiian http://www.kicker.com/ShowPage.cfm?filename=kxdclass.html&menu=AMPS

 

 

kicker says it is. 1200 @ 1 ohm

o i thought it was only 2ohm stable, just check all the connections all read good again

 

[Hawaiian 10+ year member]

If I bought it from eTronics, could it be a refurbished one that wont run at 1 ohm or something? Even though they claim they sell brand new stuff. Also, wiring parallel, does it matter if i have (aside from the wire from negative to neg and pos to pos) the pos wire from the amp going to the pos on one voice coil and the neg going to the neg on the other voice coil? Just trying to think of things that might cause this...

 

[dave_3148 10+ year member]

your grounds probaly loose or something check everywire

 

[Hawaiian 10+ year member]

Spent 2 and a half hours checking wires. If i pulled out my power wire the protect light wouldn't even come on, same with the remote, the ground I have to think is working if it played for a while... any way i can check for sure? without touching the two and blowing my fuse.

 

[Hawaiian 10+ year member]

Just to make sure, since someone brought up low resistance as a problem, i just went outside at 10 pm in Cali and spent 40 min rewiring my brahma into series. Now it should work even if my amp isnt 1 ohm stable.... but still blinks the red light on startup and then it goes out and no more lights....

 

[Hawaiian 10+ year member]

really need help on this one guys, any suggestions?