Not overheating but shutting off?

[skadude016 5,000+ posts]

I have a viper 1200.1 and I am running it at a 2 ohm load. So the ohm load is not a problem. On certain songs when the bass really gets heavy it goes into protect mode for about 5 seconds. Then comes back on then off and so on and so forth. I feel the amp for heat and its not even warm. Am i having really bad voltage drops or what? the shutting off is getting worse every time i have my music up.

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[smokeoff 10+ year member]

my amp did about the same, mine was a loose ground wire. It would shake loose and go into protect mode. So that would be worth checking into.

 

[skadude016 5,000+ posts]

my amp did about the same, mine was a loose ground wire. It would shake loose and go into protect mode. So that would be worth checking into.

naw its not a loose ground i already checked all that. I play the same song and right at about the same part of the song the amp shuts off

 

[Ctminime 10+ year member]

gain levels?

 

[skadude016 5,000+ posts]

gain levels?

gains are fine. checked em all. I had this amp running at these gain levels for about 3 months. and now im getting this problem just now

 

[imaspaceguy90 10+ year member]

HMmm, sound slike its not getting enough power, ar eu straingnig your alt?

 

[skmfkr 5,000+ posts]

^^ thats what i thinkin check the voltage input with a dmm

 

[skadude016 5,000+ posts]

from the amp or from the batt?

and what range should it be at?

like nothing below 12?

 

[skadude016 5,000+ posts]

could my battery jus be getting old?

 

[bdavies11 10+ year member]

Ive experienced the same exact problem. Only difference is that its only happend to me 2wice and on the same song both times. Its happened toward the last 30 seconds of "Soul Survivor" by young jeezy f/akon. Ive listened to that song many times b4, but for some reason there were 2 times where the amp just cut out for about 20 seconds. When the amp came back on i turned up the volume again even louder on a different song ( just as a test) and it was perfectly fine. I was woundering if it may have something to do with the bass in that song because it gets extremely low. Do really low frequency's require alot of power to get loud which might upset the amp?

 

[skmfkr 5,000+ posts]

yes

 

[bri487 5,000+ posts]

either the charging system isnt supplying enough power to help the amp power through those super deep notes, or the speaker has a slight impedance drop at that particular note that causes the amp to shut off. diamond coaxials, and some components seem to have that problem.

 

[skmfkr 5,000+ posts]

oh yeah is this the dp with the vc problem?

 

[duckfart 10+ year member]

same thing happen to me but only with one song late night tip by 36 mafia and it does it for about 6 seconds randomly.. WIth any other song is fine