RF T1001BD NOT 1 ohm stable???

[phyphoestilic 5,000+ posts]

They set the gains wrong. amplifier probably blown. U can try to open it and see if there's any burn spots. It's the shops fault and they should replace the amplifer for u.

 

[Jdm94Coupe 10+ year member]

what tool will i need to strip/cut a 0 guage wire...... ima just do it myself when i get my amp back.....

 

[phyphoestilic 5,000+ posts]

what tool will i need to strip/cut a 0 guage wire...... ima just do it myself when i get my amp back.....

I use a box cutter. Just work at it.

 

[IgnoreMe 5,000+ posts]

there is some major misinformation in this thread.

1) the fuse that sits on the wire is not meant to protect your amp. its meant to protect the wire from melting in your car and starting a fire. DO NOT USE THE 300A FUSE for smaller wire. it came with the 1/0 and was meant to be used with it. if you use smaller wire youll start melting wire before the fuse will even pop. the fuses at the amp are meant to protect the amp. now if you have an unfused amp, the inline fuse can double up to protect the amp aswell.

2) if RF says the amp is 1 ohm stable....it is 1 ohm stable.

3) if your wired down to 1 ohm...the amp is running around 2-4 ohms anyways (if not more). meaning the amp never saw a 1 ohm load to it, save when it first turned on and when your not playing any music and the subs are sitting still. impedance rise research it as you will need the info to back up your complaint

those guys at the shop are idiots. you are screwing yourself by letting them to that to you. demand a replacement because they ****ed it up. print this **** thread if you have to. explain impedance rise to them. please do something. your letting them **** you over, and its ridiculous.

 

[82 cutlass 10+ year member]

That's when those fosgate put out all their power at 1 ohm . They don't know what their doing at that shop . And you need the 0/1 gauge power wire also . I would get them to pay for the amp repair and refund your install money . They f*cked your amp up and thats that

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

Yeah, Fosgate amps are solid. Sounds to me like they just set everything like tards. It will do 1 ohm just fine, and whatever is wrong with your amp is their fault. I mean.... cranking the gains for "breaking in the box?" That's retarded.

 

[Jdm94Coupe 10+ year member]

i appreciate all this help guys.... im just going to do the shit myself from now on..... the main reason why i even let them hook up the amp was because all my wires were already ran and i needed them to build me a box..... im good with the box and im going to either fix this amp or order me a sundown 1500D...... but i got a question for everybody if someone can help....

MONO BLOCK amps that are 1 channel...... a lot of them have 2 speaker inputs....2 pos/2 neg.... are they ALL wired in parrallel at the amp for people who are using more then one sub?? im wondering this because i would rather use all 4 terminals if the amp will still see one ohm..... and besides a box cutter is there a tool i can buy to cut 0 guage cleanly....? any help would be appreciated

 

[Jdm94Coupe 10+ year member]

lmk

 

[Andrew12 10+ year member]

http://www.rockfordfosgate.com check their woofer wiring wizard under support. The shop you took it to is f****** you over severely. Don't take it. RF amps are as good as it get's and they wouldnt F*** up their own ratings. Your local shop is as useless as fillopian tubes on a dyke. Demand they pay to have your amp repaired because their "installer" should never have cranked ur gains that high in the first place.

 

[BassAddictJ 5,000+ posts]

the amp is probly stable at 1 ohm.................however it seem slike those assclowns at the shop dont know a god **** thing about what clipping is if they have all those setting ups and everything maxed otu or almost maxed out. the amp cut out because it couldnt take the abusive settings left by those retards.

you should talk to the shop owner and ask him if his installers know anything about safe EQ settings in regards to a clipped signal........even if the bass EQ is all the way up (which it sholdnt be), then likely the gain needs to be low, and not 75% up........those guys dont know what they're doing, and if that amp blows it is THIER fault, not the amps.....that amp can be .5ohm stable, but if they dont knwo wtf they're doign with the settings itll go into protect and eventually blow...

it pisses me off when installers at shops dont know wtf they're doing

 

[BassAddictJ 5,000+ posts]

email this thread to the shop //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif, dont forget to list the installers name

 

[Jdm94Coupe 10+ year member]

they had a 80 amp fuse off my battery to the amp...... too small right? the wires look burnt too.... i just took everything out because im about to wire up 0 guage kicker wire...

the fuse off my battery wasnt even bigger then the 150amp ANL fuse on the **** amp.... can that cause the amp to go into thermal? and eventually **** it up?

 

[Andrew12 10+ year member]

yes, the clipping from the amp burnt that fuse up in about 10 sec. and the small fuse caused the wiring to melt as well... I bet they kept trying to beat it after the amp had already gone into protect 10 times. F*** those guys. Go to the shop and tell em you're going to highjack a plane and fly it into their shop if they dont get it fixed asap. Then demand some sort of compensation for them acting like downsclowns. Email this to the shop owner and then maybe theyll start snooping around the site and show them how the car audio scence really goes. AHHH this makes me so ******* mad!!!!

 

[Jdm94Coupe 10+ year member]

what makes me really mad is that he told me he doesnt know why RF says their amps are 1 ohm stable because they arent..... i was like wtf......

 

[tRidiot 10+ year member]

what makes me really mad is that he told me he doesnt know why RF says their amps are 1 ohm stable because they arent..... i was like wtf......

Sounds like a typical statement from someone who sells a brand other than RF. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

I know multiple people running those RF T-series amps at 1 ohm long-term with no issues.

You can go back and complain all you want, but it's not likely going to do any good at all. Go for it if you're willing to pursue it in court, otherwise, I'd just eat it and chalk it up to experience. As mentioned many times above, do it yourself if you want it done RIGHT.

These are the exact reasons (dealer stupidity, moronic installer stupidity, outright lies, and cheap, lazy installing) why I haven't had a dealer install anything for me in probably close to a decade, nor even bought anything from them outside of install accessories. I've been ripped off, lied to, and generally dissatisfied way too many times by many different shops.

Count yourself lucky... you're learning the lesson many others of us have learned, and we're all much happier having figured it out. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif