xLostx

Got most of my stuff working now that I've had free time, turns out the installers whom I paid didn't plug one of the RCA's into my deck and they had wired the powered antenna wire to my remote for my amp...so they're huge morons but anyway, now my bazooka amp is clicking on and off - it'll play for a few seconds and then make a clicking sound and go off, and it'll repeat but this amp works fine in my friends car. So I put in my old pyramid america amp and it plays for one second and goes right into protect mode...ideas?

zzzzzzz

iTrader: (5)

did you use old rca wires ?

i think your wires has a bad wire.

xLostx

naw rca's are fine, i used the one's already installed in the car and I tried with another set...is it possible for my deck to be messing it up? my friend said a bad ground perhaps but i dunno...

xLostx

12" Kicker solo baric L7 - 1500 watts, 750 RMS, Bazooka P. Miller series mono amp - 800 RMS 1500 watts, and a Phoenix Gold cap is in there as well.

xLostx

After 2 more hours of trying to get it going, we've bi-passed the cap but still a no go. If I leave the volume under 10 then it'll player but above 10 my amp goes into protection mode. Everything is hooked up properly and tested with a multimeter, basically triple checked everything as well. Fuses everyhere are good, it really makes no sense and 3 of my friends who know car audio as well have taken a look at it and don't have a clue, if I can't find out what it is soon I guess I'll have to go for a pro install :@

RedZone

if you crank up teh volume and it goes into protection etheir yoru amps not getting enough voltage ( bad ground or power wire connecction . maybe at teh battery ) or 1 of yoru speaker wires is grounded .

xLostx

Amp should be getting enough power and just to test that as well we hooked up a car battery charger to one of my amps and it still goes into protection mode. As for a bad ground we scraped off the paint around the ground and after testing with a multimeter everything is being powered properly. It literally makes no sense, anyone who looks at it and tries to get it going will say that by all means it should work but doesn't.
Or as my friend matt said last night after trying "this is a case for ****in unsolved mysteries"

veeman

iTrader: (3)

check the subwoofers terminals for loose connections as that could be grounding when the the bass is sufficiently loud enough and causing the amp to go into protection.

The A Team

iTrader: (1)

^^^Sounds like the problem to me... If it plays fine at low volume but goes into protection when turned up, your impedance is to low for that amp.

What ohm load is the amp rated for? And what load is the sub wired for?