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Is it a faulty AMP?
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<blockquote data-quote="hussnainh8" data-source="post: 8517826" data-attributes="member: 660773"><p>The company I bought the AMP from is the one who told me it is fine to use 8 GAUGE wire.. How could me using the 8 GAUGE wire be the fault when the AMP never gave any sound output from the start? I should have still got some sound out from it in the first 5 to 10 minutes but I didn't. The 8 GAUGE wire did not get hot at all.. The speaker wire did which I then crossed the wires together to make it a bigger gauge wire and that didn't smoke up or anything after crossing the wires. Even with the 8 GAUGE wire, I should have been able to test it even if it would have lasted me 5 minutes but as soon as I connect the 8 GAUGE wires to it, it stays in protect mode.</p><p></p><p>I am going to send it back to the company as it is covered under 1 year warranty as well however who knows the damage could have occurred from the companies side too? When I got it and connected it up using 8 GAUGE, it went straight into protect mode so who knows if it was my fault or the companies. Yes, I spoke to the company and asked them "Maybe it is that I am using 8 GAUGE wiring kit"? They said "That shouldn't be a problem because we use 8 GAUGE wire many times for big AMPs and it would still output sound for at least 10 minutes before the wires start heating up".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hussnainh8, post: 8517826, member: 660773"] The company I bought the AMP from is the one who told me it is fine to use 8 GAUGE wire.. How could me using the 8 GAUGE wire be the fault when the AMP never gave any sound output from the start? I should have still got some sound out from it in the first 5 to 10 minutes but I didn't. The 8 GAUGE wire did not get hot at all.. The speaker wire did which I then crossed the wires together to make it a bigger gauge wire and that didn't smoke up or anything after crossing the wires. Even with the 8 GAUGE wire, I should have been able to test it even if it would have lasted me 5 minutes but as soon as I connect the 8 GAUGE wires to it, it stays in protect mode. I am going to send it back to the company as it is covered under 1 year warranty as well however who knows the damage could have occurred from the companies side too? When I got it and connected it up using 8 GAUGE, it went straight into protect mode so who knows if it was my fault or the companies. Yes, I spoke to the company and asked them "Maybe it is that I am using 8 GAUGE wiring kit"? They said "That shouldn't be a problem because we use 8 GAUGE wire many times for big AMPs and it would still output sound for at least 10 minutes before the wires start heating up". [/QUOTE]
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