jrdnhsnbrg 10+ year member
Pimped my grandma's ride
First- my setup.
American Bass XFL 12" dual 4 ohm voice coils at 2 ohms
Alpine MRX-M100 1000W RMS at 2 ohms mono amp (currently for sale)
Eclipse CD1200 head unit
Power Acoustik 5 farad capacitor (currently for sale)
6 gauge wiring (I know, too small- will be changed soon.)
Custom professionally built 7.85 cu. ft. Kerf-ported box
So, a few weeks ago it got pretty hot for Wisconsin, upwards of 95 degrees and I was out driving down the highway, windows down and music up and my sub just stopped working. I figured the amp just got too hot and went in to thermal protection mode. The next night it cooled down to about 65 degrees and it was still cutting out, so I turned my gain down from almost full to about 3/4 and haven't had any issues with it cutting out until today again. If I'm listening to rap with my bass as loud as it can go without distortion I have my volume at 50 and bass at +1 on my headunit. Typically when it would start cutting out I could just turn the volume down then back up and it would come back, but today I was bumping as usual and when I turned the volume down to get the bass back it didn't come back until my volume got To about 20, which is quiet enough to have a conversation over. When I turned it back up it was cutting out around 35. I pulled over, popped the trunk and took a look at the amp and sub. The blue power light on the amp was still on but the sub wasn't moving and the voltage on the capacitor wasn't dropping at all then the bass would just come back. I have a new amp on the way, Hifonics BRX1600.1d which comes with a 2 gauge wiring kit. Gonna use my old 6 gauge wiring to upgrade the stock chassis and engine block ground connections. Also bought an XS Power D680 battery which will be installed as soon as I get the new amp. I for the life of me have no idea why the sub/amp is cutting in and out like it is. I don't feel like the amp is bad because of the fact that the power light stays on constantly, never turns off unless I turn the radio off obviously. I just bought the sub a couple months ago and the amp is about a year old. Anyone have any ideas?
American Bass XFL 12" dual 4 ohm voice coils at 2 ohms
Alpine MRX-M100 1000W RMS at 2 ohms mono amp (currently for sale)
Eclipse CD1200 head unit
Power Acoustik 5 farad capacitor (currently for sale)
6 gauge wiring (I know, too small- will be changed soon.)
Custom professionally built 7.85 cu. ft. Kerf-ported box
So, a few weeks ago it got pretty hot for Wisconsin, upwards of 95 degrees and I was out driving down the highway, windows down and music up and my sub just stopped working. I figured the amp just got too hot and went in to thermal protection mode. The next night it cooled down to about 65 degrees and it was still cutting out, so I turned my gain down from almost full to about 3/4 and haven't had any issues with it cutting out until today again. If I'm listening to rap with my bass as loud as it can go without distortion I have my volume at 50 and bass at +1 on my headunit. Typically when it would start cutting out I could just turn the volume down then back up and it would come back, but today I was bumping as usual and when I turned the volume down to get the bass back it didn't come back until my volume got To about 20, which is quiet enough to have a conversation over. When I turned it back up it was cutting out around 35. I pulled over, popped the trunk and took a look at the amp and sub. The blue power light on the amp was still on but the sub wasn't moving and the voltage on the capacitor wasn't dropping at all then the bass would just come back. I have a new amp on the way, Hifonics BRX1600.1d which comes with a 2 gauge wiring kit. Gonna use my old 6 gauge wiring to upgrade the stock chassis and engine block ground connections. Also bought an XS Power D680 battery which will be installed as soon as I get the new amp. I for the life of me have no idea why the sub/amp is cutting in and out like it is. I don't feel like the amp is bad because of the fact that the power light stays on constantly, never turns off unless I turn the radio off obviously. I just bought the sub a couple months ago and the amp is about a year old. Anyone have any ideas?