Those of you with Viper1200.1's

[myn 10+ year member]

I have began to wonder though why so many are refurbished. TeamCSW told me that thiers were sent back for QC based on unsat cosmetics, but what about all these from Ike. hmmm

I am thinking the exact same thing. How can their be that many refurbed Vipers?

 

[RandyJ 10+ year member]

I am thinking the exact same thing. How can their be that many refurbed Vipers?

Well, maybe they were just QC units

 

[myn 10+ year member]

Happen to try switching the pwr and grnd around? I blew a few fuses that way //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/redface.gif.62fdbfe1a101588a808c4cff71bcb942.gif

Hold on, So you switched the power, pointing it to the - marking and the ground to the + marking on the amp and it worked? Was it blowing fuses having it the normal way Postive to + and Negative to - ?

My viper worked for 20 mins on half gain @ 1ohm, no bass boost before the fuses blew. Sounded decent too. Better then my Hifonics Brutus 1500.

 

[RandyJ 10+ year member]

Hold on, So you switched the power, pointing it to the - marking and the ground to the + marking on the amp and it worked? Was it blowing fuses having it the normal way Postive to + and Negative to - ?
My viper worked for 20 mins on half gain @ 1ohm, no bass boost before the fuses blew. Sounded decent too. Better then my Hifonics Brutus 1500.

If they were reversed it would blow them automatically.

 

[krazeeboy 10+ year member]

Well, maybe they were just QC units

i read somewhere that directed shut down thier viper line because they thought 3 amp lines were unecessary. (orion, directed, viper). so when they did that all the vipers left in the various factories were badged as refurbished and checked for any problems before selling them to the public as refurbished items. so these amps should be great, IMO almost brand new! lol //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/veryhappy.gif.fec4fed33b4a1279cf10bdd45a039dae.gif

 

[myn 10+ year member]

i read somewhere that directed shut down thier viper line because they thought 3 amp lines were unecessary. (orion, directed, viper). so when they did that all the vipers left in the various factories were badged as refurbished and checked for any problems before selling them to the public as refurbished items. so these amps should be great, IMO almost brand new! lol //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/veryhappy.gif.fec4fed33b4a1279cf10bdd45a039dae.gif

The one I received was skuffed up pretty good and definately used.

 

[krazeeboy 10+ year member]

oh that sucks. where did you get it from?

 

[RandyJ 10+ year member]

oh that sucks. where did you get it from?

eheemm, he mentioned it on the other page //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[krazeeboy 10+ year member]

hmmm nooblet. what are u talking about u d a m n n00b lol. im jk but well he was talking to me i think since he obviously quoted me.. =]

 

[krazeeboy 10+ year member]

oh wait up i didnt read that correctly at all..haha im the **** n00b. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[myn 10+ year member]

So i sent my Viper back to Ike today..

 

[Decado 10+ year member]

Because my PG 500.2 and Hifonics Brutus 1500 work fine on the same wiring //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

And for the original poster who wants to see if they have a short. Do this.

Take a multimeter, switch it to ohms. Connect the red postive lead of the mutlimeter to the postive power cable at the location where it connects to your amp. If it reads 0, you have ground interference, causing a short.

Ok, and where do you put the other lead?? You can't read ohms with one lead...it has to go from one point to another, if you only touch one lead you're going to get OL, because the resistance of air is many millions of ohms.

 

[myn 10+ year member]

Ok, and where do you put the other lead?? You can't read ohms with one lead...it has to go from one point to another, if you only touch one lead you're going to get OL, because the resistance of air is many millions of ohms.

That's exactly the point. If it reads 0 then it's being grounded somewhere along the line. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[SSS 18734 5,000+ posts]

if I had a short in the system, I doubt the amp would even turn on. A few minutes ago, I checked the voltage, ~12v car off, and turned the gains up a little bit to get full power out of it. Im just confused as to why it gets so warm so fast running at a fraction of its potential.

 

[chris96camaro 10+ year member]

Does anybody know what the 1200.1 benched at 2ohms?