kx2500 going into protect..

[Calikid 5,000+ posts]

probably not the problem, but did u upgrade the fuse under the hood???

 

[slikrider20 10+ year member]

If its just like 18 inches i highly doubt it. It's gotta be a problem with the amp

 

[slikrider20 10+ year member]

Them hifonics amps are nice and reliable, I ran one for over 3 years pushed pretty hard, treated it like shit, never gave up on me. I then ran another one for about a year never had probs once. Good amps. Got my nine.1 ran it for a month and it fried on me

 

[Bumpn Focus 10+ year member]

try hooking it up someone else's car. see what happens.

 

[path2spl 10+ year member]

i had the bxi2006 running with a stock battery and 4 guage never failed on me, i got the massive p3000.1 and even with 0 guage all around and 2 batterys it went in to protect cause of voltage drops. sigh i had to order a 200amp alt and more 0 guage to do the big 3

 

[aaron7114 10+ year member]

probably not the problem, but did u upgrade the fuse under the hood???

Ive got a 200a fuse. I was suppose to get two 300a fuses with the amp but k4rts forgot to ship them with the amp but he was suppose to ship them today so they should be here sometime this week. That wouldn't affect anything would it?

If its just like 18 inches i highly doubt it. It's gotta be a problem with the amp

My ground is more than 18 inches. Plus its 4 guage wire then it splits into two 8 guage wire. Ive got the two 8 guage wires into the kicker amp.

Them hifonics amps are nice and reliable, I ran one for over 3 years pushed pretty hard, treated it like shit, never gave up on me. I then ran another one for about a year never had probs once. Good amps. Got my nine.1 ran it for a month and it fried on me

Yeah I really liked my hifonics. I just wanted to get louder and have all Kicker.

try hooking it up someone else's car. see what happens.

I am going to Wednesday

 

[slikrider20 10+ year member]

Ewww @ your grounds smaller than your power and then splitting into 8ga?

**** son get that shit fixed.

 

[slikrider20 10+ year member]

Wait a second, you have 8gauge power wire running into a kx2500.1??

/thread.

 

[path2spl 10+ year member]

he better not

 

[sundownz Pro Seller]

I don't think too small of a wire would cause an amp to go into protect, it just wouldn't allow as much current to flow through as it should. I'd make sure your not grounding out anywhere and If it still does it at 2ohm which it's stable at That's kinda odd. I bet you have bare wires touching somewhere.

A small wire can and will cause low voltage protection as it will be dropping voltage due to the restriction. If he is running in the low 11s voltage wise something is not adequate with his electrical system.

aaron7114,

You have the big 3, 2 awg under hood, and 4 awg power wire? With only a 120 amp alt and factory battery? I have melted a fuse holder on 4 awg wire with a single SAZ-1500D running at full tilt for long periods... on an 18 inch *power* wire with a 10 inch ground. Granted, it was a cheap fuse holder... but you get the idea.

You need 1/0 power and ground and at least an additional 1000 CA+ deep cycle battery and preferably a large HO alternator to support that KX2500.1 otherwise you wasted your money on that amp and you will NEVER see anywhere near full output from it.

 

[seg_representin 10+ year member]

Them hifonics amps are nice and reliable, I ran one for over 3 years pushed pretty hard, treated it like shit, never gave up on me. I then ran another one for about a year never had probs once. Good amps. Got my nine.1 ran it for a month and it fried on me

Same thing happened to me....had a hifonics run great for close to a year and then switched to a nine.1 and fried less then a month and sent it in over a month ago for repair and i haven't heard anything back from ed.

 

[inapontiac 10+ year member]

http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=212836

buy an amp or 2

 

[gl0ck 10+ year member]

Lawl, 8 gauge.

 

[the727kid 10+ year member]

Lol, I bet 0 gauge wires and his problem goes away. First and only time I had a shop put in an amp they used 8 gauge wiring, amp kept going into protect, put in 4 gauge just for that amp and no more issues. O ya it was a 300/4 lol, not very much power there. I would be willing ot bet 0 gauge will fix the problem.

 

[Polecat 5,000+ posts]

protect will be low voltage/wrong impedence.