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<blockquote data-quote="ninjatek" data-source="post: 2800087" data-attributes="member: 568991">I have the two amps in my sigThe mono amp has two 30amp fuses, and the 4channel has 2 20amp fuses.&nbsp; I have a 1000watt rms power kit from Lighting Audio, using 4gauge power wire as the main wire, which goes to a distrubution block, which splits off into dual 8 guage wires, that feed to a fuseblock with 2 60 amp fuses. Same with the ground, 4 guage wire, which runs to a distro block which then branches off to 2 8 guage grounds.. it all looks like high qualilty wire.With the mono amp, I&#039;m not blowing fuses, but eventually the amp will go into protect, and it will stay there until I replace the fuse.&nbsp; The fuse won&#039;t be blown, but I will see alot of &quot;residue&quot; on it..&nbsp; I&#039;ve tried various brands of fuses and its the same story.it doesn&#039;t happen all the time, as I just went about 3 months w/o replacing the fuses, but it just happened again and I&#039;m wondering &quot;wtf&quot;anybody with more experience/knowledge care to chime in?&nbsp; I&#039;m starting to wonder if I don&#039;t have an adequate ground, because a few days ago I installed new components, and have since bridged my 4 channel amp causing it to draw more power. After about 10 minutes at high volume (no distortion) the amp is going into protect. It will come right back up if I turn down the volume..&nbsp; If I let it cool for a few minutes, I can do it again for 10 minutes then it goes back into protect... Without letting it cool down, if I quickly pop in a new fuse (i shut the car down lol), it seems to go longer before shutting down again..Could a bad ground cause these problems?&nbsp; Like the amps can&#039;t discharge heat through the ground well enough?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ninjatek, post: 2800087, member: 568991"] I have the two amps in my sig The mono amp has two 30amp fuses, and the 4channel has 2 20amp fuses. I have a 1000watt rms power kit from Lighting Audio, using 4gauge power wire as the main wire, which goes to a distrubution block, which splits off into dual 8 guage wires, that feed to a fuseblock with 2 60 amp fuses. Same with the ground, 4 guage wire, which runs to a distro block which then branches off to 2 8 guage grounds.. it all looks like high qualilty wire. With the mono amp, I'm not blowing fuses, but eventually the amp will go into protect, and it will stay there until I replace the fuse. The fuse won't be blown, but I will see alot of "residue" on it.. I've tried various brands of fuses and its the same story. it doesn't happen all the time, as I just went about 3 months w/o replacing the fuses, but it just happened again and I'm wondering "wtf" anybody with more experience/knowledge care to chime in? I'm starting to wonder if I don't have an adequate ground, because a few days ago I installed new components, and have since bridged my 4 channel amp causing it to draw more power. After about 10 minutes at high volume (no distortion) the amp is going into protect. It will come right back up if I turn down the volume.. If I let it cool for a few minutes, I can do it again for 10 minutes then it goes back into protect... Without letting it cool down, if I quickly pop in a new fuse (i shut the car down lol), it seems to go longer before shutting down again.. Could a bad ground cause these problems? Like the amps can't discharge heat through the ground well enough? [/QUOTE]

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