simple question

[DJ^]

my set up

1 DC power 270 xp (200 amp idle- 270 peak)

1 RF Power t 1500 (manual says fuse should be 200 amps)

2 RF t1's

i have a 200 amp circuit breaker, and when in twards the top end (27/32) is about the volume it will trip

wondering if its ok just to run a 300 amp monster ANL fuse it keep that **** from popping, or is that to much current for my amp ?

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[MONSONwarrior Premium Member]

if you're tripping then you're drawing more than 200a.. are your gains set right? I'm running a 150a on my AP and that comes with a 100a so I'd say go around a 250a to be safe.

 

[hatedonmostly 5,000+ posts]

Is the amp itself fused?

Does the amp get hot?

Where is the amp grounded?

Do you have any batteries in the rear, and what is your front battery?

 

[DJ^]

amp is not fused as far as i know, never had thermal light come on, and its never felt hot, its grounded to my seat bracket, i actually pulled it off and wire wheeled the paint off, as well and the nut that had some corrosion, put the seat bracket back over the bolt, greased it and tighted, its hooked up with a copper lug, so as far as i can tell im just drawing more than 200 amps, but i dont understand why my amp fuse would be rated at 200 then ?

also, no i dont have anymore batterys, i have one optimia yellow top up front, im gonna get a kinetik 16v 3 terminal in the near furture

 

[DJ^]

and my gain is set at about 8/11 , so its up, but not to the max

 

[MONSONwarrior Premium Member]

and my gain is set at about 8/11 , so its up, but not to the max

This is your problem.. you don't know how to set your gain.. Read up on here and then come back and see how your breaker does.

 

[DJ^]

dont mean to seem like a newb, but i did a search and cant find anything useful about setting gain, help a brotha out ?

thanks for the help guys !

DJ

 

[SpeedEuphoria 10+ year member]

the gain is not a volume knob. Depending on how many volts your HU puts out and how high you have it turned up.

Either you have a bunk breaker or your likely clipping which will kill your subs

 

[DJ^]

i have a kenwood kdc-mp445u and i usually listen to it pretty loud lol, so how do i set my gain correctly ?