My amp just...quit.

[illusions]

I'm new here and this site looks pretty legit, so I was hoping someone could help me out.

My audio setup is only a month old, if that. I have 1 Pioneer PRS-D1200M pushing 1 12" Pioneer TS-W3002D2. it's 2 ohm DVC. I wired it to 1 ohm and the amp is 1 ohm stable. But anyway, everything has been working GREAT, until a couple days ago, when it would start cutting out cause I guess the amp was getting to hot. And then last night I was waiting in my friends driveway for him to come out. I had my lows on my head unit turned down to 0 so I decided to turn it up to +6 and turn up the volume a little cause I wasn't sure if he heard my drive up and when I did the amp just shut off. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crying.gif.ec0ebefe590df0251476573bc49e46d8.gif It hadn't been on but for maybe 10 minutes so it wasn't hot at all. It still won't come on, and the little blue light on it doesn't even come on like there's no power so I tested it with my volt meter and there's current in the power and cut-on wire, so I have no idea what's wrong with it. Any ideas?

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[SPLluminator 10+ year member]

Check your fuse up from first. If its not that then it could be your amp. Did you have the bass boost on high or gain up really high? Could have clipped it to death. Also, check to make sure your ground is solid. What size wire are you running? Also, check to make sure your remote wire isnt shorting out because that can also cause it to cut out.

 

[BeAlLsTaR13 10+ year member]

lol you tried to show off? and it went to shit?

were you clipping the amp to shit? what were your gains and bass set to? bass was 0 right?

 

[illusions]

I have my gain set to 4 volt cause that's my pre outs, I had the bass boost set to 0, I never mess with that cause I don't need it. my wire gauge is 4 and I believe my ground is pretty solid. What exactly is clipping? I'm not familiar with that term. I've checked my in-line fuse and the two fuses on the amp and they are fine. Also, what would cause my remote wire to short?

 

[manny1337 10+ year member]

gain set to 4 volt? not on the hu but on the amp itself where is the gain set.

 

[illusions]

Alright on my amps gain knob, it says where to set it according to what your pre out volt is. 4 volts is about 75% gain maybe. maybe less. Does that make sense to you?

 

[Supergumby5000 5,000+ posts]

if it was getting hot, it was either not properly ventilated, or you were pushing it too hard. Heat is normal, but excessive heat is a sign of abuse.

What do you mean you set the gain to 4 volts? at a 1 ohm load, if you have 4 volts coming out of the speaker terminal, you were pushing a whopping 16 watts. If you turned the gain to the little 4v printed on the side of the amp, you guaranteed clipped the crap out of it.

clipping = bad signal, you tried getting more power out of the amp than it could give, and over time, it slowly burned itself up.

 

[illusions]

ok I know what clipping is now, and I went and looked at the gain, and it was turned about 60%. i switched it from 1ohm to normal and i turned on the stereo and the light came on a few times then went back off.

 

[Supergumby5000 5,000+ posts]

ok I know what clipping is now, and I went and looked at the gain, and it was turned about 60%. i switched it from 1ohm to normal and i turned on the stereo and the light came on a few times then went back off.

thats because you already blew the amp.

 

[illusions]

oh...well shit. that ****. I'll know better on my next amp.