Just installed brand new amp and subs. Amp went into protect mode and turned off.

[Bjaffry]

correct, that is the amp I have and that is what the connections look like. When I first tried it, the remote was hooked up..however I thought the amp can run without the remote wire. I thought the remote wire was to tell the amp to turn on and off when the radio is on and off. I haven't changed my ground..I should try this tomorrow. Right now its grounded to my strut bolt.

 

[Mitch86 5,000+ posts]

correct, that is the amp I have and that is what the connections look like. When I first tried it, the remote was hooked up..however I thought the amp can run without the remote wire. I thought the remote wire was to tell the amp to turn on and off when the radio is on and off. I haven't changed my ground..I should try this tomorrow. Right now its grounded to my strut bolt.

Has to have the remote wire to turn on... Sounds like you had it wired too low sending the amp into protect at first. and then you unhooked the remote so its not going to turn on at all. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

What voice coil are your subs ? Also are they single or dual voice coil

 

[IonRL205 10+ year member]

If your amp could run without a remote wire, then there wouldn't be a spot for it to be there //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif It's just there so that when your deck turns on, the amp turns on, and when your deck turns off, the amp turns off. If your amp were was able to run without a remote wire, it would be on all the time because it's still connected to your battery and grounded.

 

[Heeltoeclutch 10+ year member]

correct, that is the amp I have and that is what the connections look like. When I first tried it, the remote was hooked up..however I thought the amp can run without the remote wire. I thought the remote wire was to tell the amp to turn on and off when the radio is on and off. I haven't changed my ground..I should try this tomorrow. Right now its grounded to my strut bolt.

The amp does need remote to turn on and you are correct on it telling the amp when to turn on and off. Check the ground with a voltmeter to ensure tis a good ground - i'm sure you know this already.

Also, what subs, and how are they wired?

 

[Bjaffry]

rocksford fosgate punch. What do you mean how its wired? If your asking what gauge, i'm not sure..it was included in an amp kit with the entire system.

 

[AJM511 10+ year member]

rocksford fosgate punch. What do you mean how its wired? If your asking what gauge, i'm not sure..it was included in an amp kit with the entire system.

How are your subs wired to the amplifier? What ohm load?

 

[Heeltoeclutch 10+ year member]

can you give us a link to your subs on a site or something?

Depending on how you wire the voice coils you can come out with different ohm loads... If that ohm load is lower than what the amp can handle, the amp might go into protect or shut off or get hot and kill itself.

For example if you have two subs, each with one 4 ohm voice coil, if you wire them in series the amp will see 8 ohms wired to it. If you wire them in parallel it will see 2 ohms wired to it. An easy way to check this would be to test the resistance (ohms) with your multimeter at the terminals of the sub box, one probe on each terminal.

I believe sonicelectronix.com indicates your amp is 2 ohm stable. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif