Problem with 2 Sundown amps overheating...

[actlsub 10+ year member]

The ground is my guess, I had the same problem now both my sundowns work great.

Good to know, thanks. Hopefully that will solve my problem too.

 

[Pl8er 5,000+ posts]

Trace each wire back to the source and confirm that your plugged in correctly. Sounds like something with the ground or a mixed up wire (or pair of wires).

 

[Pl8er 5,000+ posts]

I love this sundown tech. support straight from the owner //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Unheard of really. You usually well get really good tech support and an ok product, or a good product with tech support that is really hard to get ahold of. Very few companies left that have great tech support AND a great product.

I'm guessing this is why sundown is doing so well.

 

[pawn man 10+ year member]

it sounds like a grounding problem. if the car has a frame i would ground the amps to the frame or run a couple of runs of 0 gauge to the batt.

 

[Twistid 5,000+ posts]

my sundown gets extremly hot after using it, but i have a hatchback and its mounted ontop of the box in sunlight //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif , but i do have 20% tint

 

[actlsub 10+ year member]

Indeed - simply start by checking the ground connection and measuring the DC supply voltage.

Will do. Besides visually checking the physical ground connection, what is the best way to check electrically. Do I check if there is a voltage difference between the grounding wire on the amp and the true ground all the way at the battery? Or do I just check to see that the voltage between ground and power at my amp is the same as ground and power at the battery?

Thanks for your help.

 

[sundownz Pro Seller]

You can try measuring resistance from the amp ground terminal to the battery negative.

Also measure the DC voltage at the amp terminals when it is on.

 

[actlsub 10+ year member]

Just wanted to update everyone that it was indeed a grounding issue and the amps are fine. They run very cool now. Thank you Jacob and others who offered their help.

 

[sundownz Pro Seller]

Just wanted to update everyone that it was indeed a grounding issue and the amps are fine. They run very cool now. Thank you Jacob and others who offered their help.

No problem //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

Glad you got it figured out. Sundown amps ROCK!!!!

 

[headknocker 10+ year member]

Just wanted to update everyone that it was indeed a grounding issue and the amps are fine. They run very cool now. Thank you Jacob and others who offered their help.

Thanks for the followup. I intend to buy a refurbed 1000D soon so I was keeping a close eye on this thread.

And as expected, Jacob's customer service was off the charts.....MAJOR kudos!

I haven't even bought a Sundown amp yet and I consider myself a loyal customer.