protect light on amp

[nathanshnoz 10+ year member]

hi guys,

the protect light is on on my amp. i have tried everything i know to get it to go off but it wont. amp worked fine then just stopped working one day. i have tried everything i can find on the internet to help me but nothing has worked.

ground wire seems fine

its getting perfect power through power cable (i checked with my multimeter)

when ground and pos are attached as soon as you attach remote wire the protect light come on. i have to drive 2 hours soon and without music it will kill me //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif my dash is in a million pieces trying to find a short i cant find anything.

PLEASE HELP ME //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

thanks

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[zack39648 10+ year member]

mine did that asked for advice here tried everything .. was told the amp was dead ...

 

[nathanshnoz 10+ year member]

pretty sure amp isn't dead man, i have 2 amps and both are doing the same when i try...grrrr....this is so frustrating. my speakers run off my amps so when i say no music i mean no music, not just no bass //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[zack39648 10+ year member]

oh k you have 2 amps .. wel they be some unlying problem im no expert so i dont give advice ( i could be wrong )

hopefully somebody will chime in on as to what you should do ..

here

have you tried unhooking the speaker leads for the amp to see if it still goes in to protect .. ? also check the your ground again !

one thing you can try is wiring it directly to the battery to rule out any wiring coming through your car ... if you connect it to the battery without any speakers/subs hooked up and it still goes into protect 9/10 the amp needs professional help ...

 

[Annnarbor84 5,000+ posts]

Any phase button on your amps

 

[TurdFergueson2 5,000+ posts]

Check your fuses

 

[endofdays89 5,000+ posts]

does it stay on, or does it go off an on? Did you check your gain?

 

[nathanshnoz 10+ year member]

checking now.........nope //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[zack39648 10+ year member]

checking now.........nope //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

i may not be an expert or anything just but dont take advice from endofdays ... im sure LOTS of people on here can confirm he is a complete dumb *** who doesn't know shit about troubleshooting any type of car audio problem

 

[endofdays89 5,000+ posts]

checking now.........nope //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

try turning your gain down to about 1/4 or so and see if it still goes into protect at loud volumes.

 

[nathanshnoz 10+ year member]

fuses are fine

it stays on

 

[zack39648 10+ year member]

oh k you have 2 amps .. wel they be some unlying problem im no expert so i dont give advice ( i could be wrong )
hopefully somebody will chime in on as to what you should do ..

here

have you tried unhooking the speaker leads for the amp to see if it still goes in to protect .. ? also check the your ground again !

one thing you can try is wiring it directly to the battery to rule out any wiring coming through your car ... if you connect it to the battery without any speakers/subs hooked up and it still goes into protect 9/10 the amp needs professional help ...

try this and tell me waht happens ..

 

[nathanshnoz 10+ year member]

the gain is right down already.....protect light comes on as soon as i put the remote wire on...

 

[endofdays89 5,000+ posts]

http://www.caraudiohelp.com/newsletter/amp_protection_mode.htm

here, check this out. usually these will help.

 

[TurdFergueson2 5,000+ posts]

fuses are fine
it stays on

The fuses in your distribution block and the wire coming from the battery are all fine? You took all of them out and looked them over that fast?