Low Ohm light - Help!

[wong05tsx 10+ year member]

I can't figure out what's going on. All the speakers are still working.

I have a JL 300/4 powering Hertz HSK165 and Polk db6500 coax and I just noticed today when I was tweaking the tuning that the low ohm light was on. The amp now gets hot a lot faster.

Both fronts and back is 4ohm, and the JL is 4ohm stable.

Any ideas?

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[hoss 5,000+ posts]

better buy some more ohms before it damages anything.

 

[wong05tsx 10+ year member]

what's that suppose to mean :\

 

[hoss 5,000+ posts]

your ohms are faded away and need to be replaced. might be time for re-cones.

 

[wong05tsx 10+ year member]

on the speakers?

 

[WhiteTrash 10+ year member]

on the speakers?

no, the amps ohms must be replaced

 

[groundpound4200 5,000+ posts]

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif Sounds like an issue with the amp....

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

In all seriousness, you have a short somewhere.

That said it can't hurt to top off the ohms in the amp, they are low afterall //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[wong05tsx 10+ year member]

^ a short in a wire or in the amp?

ugh...

so if i keep using it, it may damage the speakers then or just blow the amp?

i just picked this **** thing up off craigslist like 3 weeks ago too, it was working fine when I hooked it up

sweet made it into someone's sig =)

 

[WhiteTrash 10+ year member]

In all seriousness, you have a short somewhere.

probably

either that or tha amp went south

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

^ a short in a wire or in the amp?
ugh...

so if i keep using it, it may damage the speakers then or just blow the amp?

i just picked this **** thing up off craigslist like 3 weeks ago too, it was working fine when I hooked it up

The short is probably in the speaker wiring somewhere.

also, where can i get these ohm's repleced and how much would it cost?

This all has to do with us messing with the noob. Thus the //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif in my post. It like a tub of elbow grease or blinker fluid or something along those lines.

 

[hoss 5,000+ posts]

lol, sorry. im a smart ass and couldnt help it.

 

[WhiteTrash 10+ year member]

The short is probably in the speaker wiring somewhere.

This all has to do with us messing with the noob. Thus the //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif in my post. It like a tub of elbow grease or blinker fluid or something along those lines.

x2

we were j/p

although, i think i am running low on blinker fluid

 

[WhiteTrash 10+ year member]

lol, sorry. im a smart ass and couldnt help it.

i follow the crowd //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[wong05tsx 10+ year member]

well thanks for clarifying. i'll try to single out which speaker wire is shorted

..or if I disconnect all the wires and just power up the amp and the light is on, then that'd just mean the amp is screwed rather than a short?

brb.