SO i installed my new comps and i have some problems i need help with

[Crodski 10+ year member]

Okay i just installed my PG rsd 6" components and there are a few problems.

My right side speakers seem to see less power than the left when i have the volume on seventeen or below it does not want to play and is all static, but when the volume is turned up, its kicks in fine. I can still hear a little static. It is wired to a cheap performance teknique 4 channel amp with 2 channels going to sub and the other two to the comps.

I can take pics of the wiring if u want.

also i am getting some alternator whine as well. Should i re-run the rca cable on the opposite side of the truck away from the power wire. And should i fond a better ground? I have a jvc Head unit.

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[energizedsbs 10+ year member]

try switching the right side to the left channel to see if it works like that first

 

[Crodski 10+ year member]

^ i did end up doing that last night and the static switched from the left to the right. Do you think the amp channel is bad?

 

[soloXgt 10+ year member]

having power wire on sepearte side of RCA's might get rid of a little alt whine. try it and find out

 

[energizedsbs 10+ year member]

try switching the rcas... if you did that try doing them both with nothing hooked up but a little test speaker by the amp

 

[Crodski 10+ year member]

^ alright, i did switch the rca's so im gonna try the test speaker.

 

[MrSwiss 10+ year member]

maybe a faulty x over?

 

[Crodski 10+ year member]

^ see that is what i thought at first but when i swapped them as well, the problem persisted in the same woofer and tweeter

 

[Crodski 10+ year member]

Okay i did something like the test sub but i disconnected the woofer and connected the test speaker and it still sounded distorted. buth when i had my 6x5 connected they never sounded distorted at all. maybe i didnt properly set my gains for the two channels? put in the test tone, measure voltage in each channel right, or measure voltage for bridged channel?

 

[Crodski 10+ year member]

Any more opinions on what it could be because im at a loss.

If i set my gains to high for my sub could it be robbing power from my other channel leaving it with dirty watts?