Low voltage killed my amp?

[EnvEe 02 10+ year member]

Ok, so last night my RF Power501bd just stopped working. Now I opened it up and nothing seems fried, and I tried another amp and it worked fine, so its not my wiring. Now I have a Pioneer DEH-6800MP headunit and it has a voltage meter on it. First off do you guys think this thing is at all acurate? Second I noticed yesterday that my voltage on the meter kept getting low like 12.9-13.4(lowest & highest). Now do you think that my amp just fried due to low voltage? Would it be fixable?

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[hasa68mustang 10+ year member]

hmmm so you made another post why?

 

[blackbonnie 5,000+ posts]

i never trust the volt meters, i usually only trust a multimeter, but you cant always have that.

 

[EnvEe 02 10+ year member]

because i wanted to....

what was your reason for posting??

 

[EnvEe 02 10+ year member]

well i didnt think it was very accurate but i figure its a good idea of about where my voltage is

 

[tru_44 10+ year member]

did you check amp fuses

 

[EnvEe 02 10+ year member]

so this is kinda dumb, but there arent any fuses on the amp. Its an older model and I cant see any fuses??

 

[hasa68mustang 10+ year member]

because i wanted to....what was your reason for posting??

because if everyone created 2 or more posts for their problems it would be a mess. what was your reason for being an ***?

 

[EnvEe 02 10+ year member]

ok 68mustang im not even going to argue with you on this one. Now go away and stop whoring my thread...bye

 

[phyphoestilic 5,000+ posts]

most car amplifiers are designed to operate between 11v-15v at least. So 12.9v should be perfect (specially since most car's are below 12.9v's with the engine off.) But once again, the HU's voltmeter could be wrong.

 

[EnvEe 02 10+ year member]

So most likely it didnt fry due to low voltage? Just curious what voltage would most amps crap out at?

 

[phyphoestilic 5,000+ posts]

So most likely it didnt fry due to low voltage? Just curious what voltage would most amps crap out at?

well, most amps come with voltage protection. So if it did drop to the point where the voltage was too low. It should've just went into protect mode.

 

[EnvEe 02 10+ year member]

Is there some way to reset the amp once it goes into protect or should it do it automatically?

 

[phyphoestilic 5,000+ posts]

Is there some way to reset the amp once it goes into protect or should it do it automatically?

usually it comes out of it after a certain amount of time. Or if u turn off the stereo system and turn it back on.

 

[EnvEe 02 10+ year member]

Thanks alot Phyphoestilic, ill have to check it all out tomorrow.