Subs frying amp

[bass ballin]

I have 3 12in kicker comps w/ a 1000 watt crunch amp. I hooked them up today and i smelt something burning and the amp was smoking. It still plays fine but i don't want it to completely fry. How would i wire the subs and adjust the gain/bass boost to keep this from happening. What ohm should i run them on?

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[itsblown 10+ year member]

for one turn the bass boost completely off and probably turn your gain down, my assumption is you have the gain and bass boost way to high and are clipping the amp.

what ohm load do you have the subs wired to now?

 

[dappa5 10+ year member]

what impedance are the comps? what model amp?? etc

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[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

sounds like 1.5 ohms ,so depending on what amp you have it may not support the load

 

[Imtjnotu 5,000+ posts]

Subs don't fry amps period

People who abuse the gain knob and bass boost fry amps

 

[akheathen Premium Member]

not true. a cooked sub will short an amp no problem. i just so happen to have a 4ohm c10a sitting right here that still plays(quietly, but clean)...... it only reads about 1ohm. however, once the magic smoke is released, the amp is damaged. also, an amp can short one, or one section of the outputs and still play with the other section(s), but have dc the whole time it is on, and that will cook subs in no time. how did you wire the coils? if they were single 4ohm, then you would be at 1.33 paralleled, if they were d4 or d2/s2 subs, then you would be far below the minimum impedance, and if it was a 2ohm stable amp, then you basically shorted the speaker output terminals.what model crunch amp? how was it wired?

 

[Imtjnotu 5,000+ posts]

not true. a cooked sub will short an amp no problem. i just so happen to have a 4ohm c10a sitting right here that still plays(quietly, but clean)...... it only reads about 1ohm. however, once the magic smoke is released, the amp is damaged. also, an amp can short one, or one section of the outputs and still play with the other section(s), but have dc the whole time it is on, and that will cook subs in no time. how did you wire the coils? if they were single 4ohm, then you would be at 1.33 paralleled, if they were d4 or d2/s2 subs, then you would be far below the minimum impedance, and if it was a 2ohm stable amp, then you basically shorted the speaker output terminals.what model crunch amp? how was it wired?

Your cooked sub cooked an amp but a good sub does not cook an amp.....u killed the sub so again user error just like the op

 

[Imtjnotu 5,000+ posts]

Underpoweing a sub won't kill an amp regardless ir u feed it a whole 1k less

 

[Tupolev 10+ year member]

I've yet to read anything you've posted due to your sig. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

Anyways, OP, I can link you to some literature written and published by Harman that should set you straight.

 

[bass ballin]

I'm about to take the subs out and see how there wired. The amp is the Crunch Ground Pounder Gpv1000 2.

 

[skylineTT 10+ year member]

Probably wired below a 4ohm load.

 

[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

looks like a 2 channel amp wired at 2 ohms bridged

 

[schackel 10+ year member]

Underpoweing a sub won't kill an amp regardless ir u feed it a whole 1k less

yes and no. a sub wired too low can blow an amp regardless if its under-powering the sub or not. there are just a few circumstances that can lead to the sub being the issue.

 

[Imtjnotu 5,000+ posts]

yes and no. a sub wired too low can blow an amp regardless if its under-powering the sub or not. there are just a few circumstances that can lead to the sub being the issue.

I understand that but u wired the subs low you killed the amp by not having the electrical capabilities to run that low

 

[bass ballin]

Alright the kickers are SVC and 4 ohms. I'm rewiring them now. Someone wired them all seperatley and hook the wires together at the ends.