Sundown turns itself off

[phatcat600 10+ year member]

so I check the screws on the 12v+ and ground on the amp and if it reads lower than 12 or 13ish then I have a connection issue?

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

so I check the screws on the 12v+ and ground on the amp and if it reads lower than 12 or 13ish then I have a connection issue?

I would also check it during hard periods of play when it "cuts out" and see if the voltage craps out then.

If the fuseblock is sparking, something definitely has to be connected bad. Either a loose wire, bad battery connection, or even a bad fuse.

 

[squeak12 10+ year member]

If its tube fuse (AGU I think) they have never done good for me. Ive had bad ones that looked perfect.

 

[phatcat600 10+ year member]

No they are mini-ANL fuses

 

[phyphoestilic 5,000+ posts]

I dont know if this might be it, but check ur remote? maybe its slightly loose and shakes out of place when the bass hits.

 

[phatcat600 10+ year member]

I forgot to mention that when I installed my amp my remote knob had a blue light, the first time the amp cut out the light burnt out and hasnt been on since

 

[sundownz Pro Seller]

I forgot to mention that when I installed my amp my remote knob had a blue light, the first time the amp cut out the light burnt out and hasnt been on since

Low Voltage in operation = bad for electronics

 

[phatcat600 10+ year member]

My Profile amp is running off 8 guage coming out of the same distro block and works perfectly. Does that rule out anything before the distro block?

 

[sundownz Pro Seller]

My Profile amp is running off 8 guage coming out of the same distro block and works perfectly. Does that rule out anything before the distro block?

Interesting... sounds like it's after the block or in it... quite possibly a bad fuse. Do you have a DMM to measure the voltage AT the terminals of your SAZ-1500D? That is pretty much the only way we can solve this remotely.

 

[phatcat600 10+ year member]

Yeah I do have a DMM I wont be able to check for about an hour when I get off work. Thanks for your time

 

[prochobo 10+ year member]

I've ran into the same issue before, but with another amp.

Try this: Connect a wire from your amp's power input directly to your remote wire and try it again. If it doesn't cut off, you know what's wrong.

The above is only valid if, in fact, you are actually getting the right voltage at the amp.

 

[phatcat600 10+ year member]

When the amps power on it is 12.38v with the car OFF.

It wasnt workin for like the last hour I was driving and when I turned my car off it wasnt driving. When I went to check the voltage at the distro block I put my positive stick thing on the screw that tightens the fuse down and it sparked a few times and then the amp came back on. A few seconds later it cut out again. Most of the time the sparks are blue but this time the sparks were orange.

WTF>!

 

[billabongcr 5,000+ posts]

my sx amp does it when i crank it up too high, its all digital and when it happens on the screen is blinks OVERLOAD, turns itself off for a second, then powers back on and starts playing again. a form of protection apparently. dont really know why, ive tried everything from messing with all the amp settings to messing with all my hu settings nothing helps. but its only temporary, and it gets loud before it goes into overload, so i see no reason to mess with it.

 

[phatcat600 10+ year member]

My gains on the amp arent set even close to what the amp is capable so I dont think its me overloading it

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

Did you get this resolved yet?

Could be "part" of the distro block grounding out somehow. Or the NEG for the amp is intermittently losing connection. Might want to try a new ground location.