need quick help

[cirv908 10+ year member]

audiopipe ap 3000

dc lvl 4 1.4 ohm dual coil

ok just got everything wired up and when i turn on my car the amp is in protect mode...

not sure why cuz i measured volts at amp and it says 14.4 so its not the fuse can anyone help me out here???

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[FenixAudio 10+ year member]

If it was a fuse issue it wouldn't be in protect. take the sub off the amp and turn the ampp back on annd see if its in prootect. If the amp stays in protect without a load thhen you have an ammpp issue. If the light isn't in pretect then subs bad.

 

[Burton6431 10+ year member]

i bet you wired the sub down to .7 ohms, your gona have to wire it up to 2.8 ohms if your running in bridged.

 

[FenixAudio 10+ year member]

Typically I woould agree with that, but he goooes into prrotect as soon as it turns on..usually if the amp turns off because of a ow impedence it will takke a whie to overheat and fail.

I'm going to ay mmy mooney on the ampp having an issue internally.

 

[Phoenix Risen 10+ year member]

either amp issues or you shorting your wires somewhere, make sure you dont have something crossed up on the sub, if its a direct connection from pos to neg, it will protect instantly

 

[Vossy 10+ year member]

i bet you wired the sub down to .7 ohms, your gona have to wire it up to 2.8 ohms if your running in bridged.

I'm thinking this

 

[cirv908 10+ year member]

Haha sry I didn't get back in here I figured it out... I had my remote wire connected at the headunit wrong... I thought I had it right when I put my headunit innlike 2 months ago but I guess it wasn't the right wire haha subs and everything work beautifully now

 

[Phoenix Risen 10+ year member]

looks like we were all wrong.

 

[cirv908 10+ year member]

Haha yea I do have another question my gain is at half and LPf is right around 80 hz are those right? The gain is on half cuz I am braking them in. Also how do I measure how many watts the subs are running on?

 

[Phoenix Risen 10+ year member]

the gain should be set according to the output voltage of your headunit, there are very few cases where the gain should be much more than half, and the lpf is fine there, i run mine at 63, but its controlled on the hu, the best way to measure the watts is to clamp it, use a dmm for voltage and a clamp on amp meter,

 

[cirv908 10+ year member]

Ok so I should turn down my gain more and I'll have to get a clamp meter which I think my pap has but any way does anyone know does the remote bass knob with the ap3000 control gain like Sao I have gain on amp at half if I turn the remote bass knob all the way up it's only half gain right?

 

[Phoenix Risen 10+ year member]

i personally dont use a bass knob, or bass boost at all for that matter, it can often cause the output to get peaky and make things sound worse

 

[cirv908 10+ year member]

So u use the volume on hu to control the bass?

 

[Phoenix Risen 10+ year member]

or the sub control, if you set the gain properly you wont need a bass knob,