Question on my amp...

[Undisputed King 10+ year member]

Thats paralell, if your sub is D2 then thats a 1 ohm load to your amp in bridged mode which is too low. You amp is only stable down to 2 ohm bridged, Connect the two top middle terminals together, so you will only have 1 wire loop on those top terminals. And leave the speaker wire placed where it is. That will be series and give you a 4 ohm load.

 

[05fronty 5,000+ posts]

i told you before to series your voice coils. that is your problem. fix that and it won't shut off. i'm surprised you haven't blown a channel yet at that low

 

[II HoSTiiiLe II 10+ year member]

okay so i take the to top middle ones the red and black and conect them by one wire? does it matter what wire i use.? and is there a picture of this so i can see how to do it. i dont want to **** anything up

 

[II HoSTiiiLe II 10+ year member]

is this wired right for the series?

 

[gunz4me 10+ year member]

Eliminate the outer plug (i.e. the one with the black tips).

ETA: Just noticed your sub is a dual 4 ohm.... Are you sure that amp is 2 ohm mono stable?

 

[II HoSTiiiLe II 10+ year member]

okay so i should just have the red one connected to the 2 middle ones creating (series) = 4 ohm load

 

[gunz4me 10+ year member]

Well, series will equal an 8 ohm load in your case //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif and you should leave the middle leads connected to wire your sub in series!

The problem is you will never get a 4 ohm load wiring both sets of coils. Your choices are 2 ohms or 8 ohms with a dual 4 ohm subwoofer. Regardless, that amp is NOT enough power to meet your needs. If you wire it at 8 ohms mono, you will get a whopping 220 watts RMS. You can't wire it at 2 ohms mono because that amp is NOT 2 ohm mono stable, hence the reason you are having problems.

I suggest running it 8 ohms mono to see if it still shuts off and if that is enough power for you. If not, start saving for another amp!

 

[II HoSTiiiLe II 10+ year member]

so i should keep the wire connected in the middle and remove the black one, and try it like that?

 

[Davecubs14 10+ year member]

Got a question.

That amp has (2) 25 amp fuses in.

Why'd you put (2) 40s?

Just was wondering.

 

[II HoSTiiiLe II 10+ year member]

all i had seems to work fine. with the 2 25's i had they kept blowing

 

[gunz4me 10+ year member]

all i had seems to work fine. with the 2 25's i had they kept blowing

The 25 amp fuses kept blowing because you had your amplifier bridged to low! You are lucky that it still works because this is what happened with one of the last amps that I purchased used:

He went with 10 amp fuses on the speaker outputs and bridged the amplifier too low. As a result, the emitter resistors melted the solder right out of their sockets:verymad:

But getting back to your photo, you need to pull the outer plug and leave the inner plug, like this:

And fuse your amplifier properly!

 

[II HoSTiiiLe II 10+ year member]

okay thanks. i removed them and put the sub back into the box. replaced the 40's with 25's..i shall test it in the morning......

 

[Undisputed King 10+ year member]

My bad for some reason yesterday I was looking for an sub amp for myself and I saw a powerbass amp and it was 2 ohm stable bridged, and for some reason I thought it was the amp you had. Your amp is only stable at 4 ohm bridged, and I'm wondering if it will even play at 8 ohms bridged. If I were you I would buy a mono amp that puts out like 800wrms at 2 ohms. Orion HCCA-D2400 new and shipped for $179 on ebay from IkeSounds

 

[gunz4me 10+ year member]

My bad for some reason yesterday I was looking for an sub amp for myself and I saw a powerbass amp and it was 2 ohm stable bridged, and for some reason I thought it was the amp you had. Your amp is only stable at 4 ohm bridged, and I'm wondering if it will even play at 8 ohms bridged. If I were you I would buy a mono amp that puts out like 800wrms at 2 ohms. Orion HCCA-D2400 new and shipped for $179 on ebay from IkeSounds

That amp should play perfectly fine at 8 ohms mono because each channel will see 1/2 the load, i.e. 4 ohms! I bet that amp will barely get warm at 8 ohms mono versus going into protect and blowing fuses at 2 ohms mono, which would be similar to that amp seeing a 1 ohm stereo load

 

[05fronty 5,000+ posts]

op just noticed it is a dual 4 ohm. get a new amp.........