Had a really cold spell here during the winter, and the amp decided to make some funny stuff happen to my subs when the car turned on in the really cold. I never EVER had a problem with my old RF amp, no matter what the temp was, so this was a new problem. Running a Vr2000D amp, didn't have time to putz with it and it was BLEEPIN cold, so I just unplugged the remote turn on and never touched the power / ground wires.
Now fast forward 4 months, installed a new HU, and decided I wanted my bass back, so I load the box back into the car, turn the amp back on and whammo clipped into protection. Turn the gains down a bit, plays good for 20 mins, turn the gain up a touch to get some bass again, blam, protection.
Turn it off over night, still in protection in the morning, drive for maybe 5 minutes, amp kicks on and I've got nice clear bass, then back into protection. It flipped in and out of protection about 6 times in 10 minutes (No where to pull over and d/c it again)
So what I'm wondering, is did the clipping mess it up bad, the cold weather screw something up internally, or did leaving the power/gnd wires hooked up for months and not using it fry caps or something inside (unlikely because it was never truly "ON" without the remote switch, but hey)
Now fast forward 4 months, installed a new HU, and decided I wanted my bass back, so I load the box back into the car, turn the amp back on and whammo clipped into protection. Turn the gains down a bit, plays good for 20 mins, turn the gain up a touch to get some bass again, blam, protection.
Turn it off over night, still in protection in the morning, drive for maybe 5 minutes, amp kicks on and I've got nice clear bass, then back into protection. It flipped in and out of protection about 6 times in 10 minutes (No where to pull over and d/c it again)
So what I'm wondering, is did the clipping mess it up bad, the cold weather screw something up internally, or did leaving the power/gnd wires hooked up for months and not using it fry caps or something inside (unlikely because it was never truly "ON" without the remote switch, but hey)