sundown saz-3500 turning off??

[myjaja 10+ year member]

Im kind of confused.. Before, I had this amp ran at .5 ohm on a single aq hdc4 and saw voltage around 10.5 and never turned off.

Now, I changed all my wiring to 0 gauge kicker hyperflex and have my final ohm load at 1 ohm with two brand new stiff as hell 12" aq hdc4's. Now my voltage doesnt drop below 12.6. Its cut off twice on me so far now and never did before on the single aq hdc4 at .5 ohm? Kind of confusing.. Is it because the subs are still stiff? I do have a stock 90 amp alt with a kinetik hc2000. But if my voltage is staying over 12, why would it cut off?

thanks

EDIT: The amp is going into protect.

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[ahole-ic]

Im kind of confused.. Before, I had this amp ran at .5 ohm on a single aq hdc4 and saw voltage around 10.5 and never turned off.
Now, I changed all my wiring to 0 gauge kicker hyperflex and have my final ohm load at 1 ohm with two brand new stiff as hell 12" aq hdc4's. Now my voltage doesnt drop below 12.6. Its cut off twice on me so far now and never did before on the single aq hdc4 at .5 ohm? Kind of confusing.. Is it because the subs are still stiff? I do have a stock 90 amp alt with a kinetik hc2000. But if my voltage is staying over 12, why would it cut off?

thanks

You may have wired it wrong causing it to protect. Also, if it's shutting off and not protecting, it sounds like your remote wire has a problem or you have a problem with a loose connection.

 

[myjaja 10+ year member]

You may have wired it wrong causing it to protect. Also, if it's shutting off and not protecting, it sounds like your remote wire has a problem or you have a problem with a loose connection.

oh true true, the remote wire seemed like it was kind of stripped. I didnt think of that. Just wondering because I didnt check when I should have. But does the gain knob show a protection light or no?

 

[ahole-ic]

oh true true, the remote wire seemed like it was kind of stripped. I didnt think of that. Just wondering because I didnt check when I should have. But does the gain knob show a protection light or no?

no, but if the amp literally shut off the led would go out. I never made mine go into protect so I don't know what the led does when that happens.

 

[myjaja 10+ year member]

no, but if the amp literally shut off the led would go out. I never made mine go into protect so I don't know what the led does when that happens.

yeah, the light just turned off. I was jsut wondering if it turns red or not. lol

I just went and redid my remote wire. Hopefully the amp doesnt turn off anymore.

 

[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

sounds like maybe a loose or bad ground also

 

[myjaja 10+ year member]

sounds like maybe a loose or bad ground also

I can recheck all the grounds but theyre directly to the rear battery and I have two runs of them. Theyre about 3 feet long though, idk if thatll make a difference. I did run a wire from the first battery to the second in the rear for ground if that helps

 

[myjaja 10+ year member]

sounds like maybe a loose or bad ground also

It went into protect at a louder volume just now, voltage still didnt go below 12 volts. I checked all grounds, they seem pretty tight to me. Should I add a chassis ground to the battery as well?

 

[myjaja 10+ year member]

also, I noticed one of the rca's on the amp is kind of loose. It can be tightened though. Would that make it go into protect?

 

[KTMrida4life 10+ year member]

also, I noticed one of the rca's on the amp is kind of loose. It can be tightened though. Would that make it go into protect?

I thought you said that it wasnt going into protect but the whole amp was shutting off?

 

[bigblacksnake 10+ year member]

run a jumper and find out.

 

[myjaja 10+ year member]

I thought you said that it wasnt going into protect but the whole amp was shutting off?

I thought it was shutting off because I didnt see a red light off the gain knob. It did it again so I went and looked back and saw a red light on the amp. So it was actually going into protect.

How do I check if a ground wire is bad?