My SK-1500.1 is junk

[av83 10+ year member]

Didn't op say something about using a stock ground point in a previous post? no time to look myself, atm, but those things aren't meant for much more than grounding some taillights and a rear defrost...

 

[TheUnderFighter 10+ year member]

Didn't op say something about using a stock ground point in a previous post? no time to look myself, atm, but those things aren't meant for much more than grounding some taillights and a rear defrost...

He said his battery is in the rear, so that's where he grounded it.

 

[av83 10+ year member]

He said his battery is in the rear, so that's where he grounded it.

Ok, nm

 

[JoeK 10+ year member]

Yeah i did an inspection on the whole ground thing. Looks like i grounded the 0 gauge wire onto the battery which had a 4AWG ground to the frame. This could have possibly caused the problem. I took the 1/0AWG ground and put it right on the bolt to the frame where it should have been. During a quick test at full tilt @ 500rpm Played excellent(possibly louder?) and has not gone into protect. I do not have the clamp to check now but i may in the future. I still plan on getting a 2k+ amp so i can give 1500 clean watts to the BL.

As of now everything appear to works, but ill find out the more i use it.

 

[JoeK 10+ year member]

Went into protect mode twice today. Once during full tilt. Right after that i turned it back on and got a green light. So i played lightly for about 3-4 minutes then it went into protect again. After that i got a green light, pounded full tilt all the way home without a problem. I cannot purposely make it go into protect mode again.

I also turned the gains down last night and it did it again today. No wire loose, the box isnt coming into contact with the amp, the amp is very cool, i really dont know what to do. I dont want to send it in for repair because thats another $100 i could use towards a good amp.

Both times the amp went into protect voltage was at 14.4V

 

[cdc351jeferson 10+ year member]

sell it to someone that wants to mess with getting it fixed for a fair price and buy a "NEW" "NON USED AMP" and you wont have to worry about it being abused like this one probally was when you bought it

 

[JoeK 10+ year member]

sell it to someone that wants to mess with getting it fixed for a fair price and buy a "NEW" "NON USED AMP" and you wont have to worry about it being abused like this one probally was when you bought it

Eyes on an APSM 2000 or Crescendo 2000D

 

[cdc351jeferson 10+ year member]

you can almost buy a apsm 2000 for 100$ lol. thats the smartest thing if your sure you install is 100% then get rid of it and have someone else fix it thats into that kinda thing or buy a apsm 1500 for around 100$ as a beaster amp for a few months till you get enough for a good 2k ? just a thought those do rated or real real close to it ?

 

[JoeK 10+ year member]

you can almost buy a apsm 2000 for 100$ lol. thats the smartest thing if your sure you install is 100% then get rid of it and have someone else fix it thats into that kinda thing or buy a apsm 1500 for around 100$ as a beaster amp for a few months till you get enough for a good 2k ? just a thought those do rated or real real close to it ?

Im sure my install is 100% now. Batteries load tested, all 1/0 gauge up to stock charging line, all connections secure and terminals sheathed. Voltages stable, i just dont get why i have to have a failing amp.

 

[cdc351jeferson 10+ year member]

because like i said it was more than likley beat and clipped to hell before you bought it . someone ran the **** outa it and sold their problem off to you.. hence why i rarely buy anything used

 

[JoeK 10+ year member]

because like i said it was more than likley beat and clipped to hell before you bought it . someone ran the **** outa it and sold their problem off to you.. hence why i rarely buy anything used

I thought that the first time it acted up and sent it for repair. But i wouldnt expect a repaired amplifier to have problems again

 

[cdc351jeferson 10+ year member]

never thought about trying to send it to dbr?

 

[JoeK 10+ year member]

never thought about trying to send it to dbr?

Another $100+ down the drain for it to die again

I dont even have $100 now to send it in for repair

 

[JoeK 10+ year member]

So far today no protection, played full tilt and low volume variously. Amp is warmer than when it did go into protect, but still not hot. This thing makes an *** out of me :|

 

[cdc351jeferson 10+ year member]

well good to hear yoru shizz works