sub and amp problems
If your ground is bolted to bare metal it should be fine... although you never know.....
first Id make sure your power wire has a good connection at the battery, and at any other junction down the line (fuse, distro block, whatever)
If that all checks out, then try another ground point....
edit: also shorting speaker wires can cause amps to go into protection... and shorting tinsel leads are especially notorious.... there is a good chance that is your problem....
first Id make sure your power wire has a good connection at the battery, and at any other junction down the line (fuse, distro block, whatever)
If that all checks out, then try another ground point....
edit: also shorting speaker wires can cause amps to go into protection... and shorting tinsel leads are especially notorious.... there is a good chance that is your problem....
Last edited by Haunz; Apr 3, 2007 at 07:49 PM.
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One of your subs could have a short in the bottom of the voice coil, causing it to short out only under load. You can test for this with a multimeter and some patience.
Another likely cause is that your voltage is dropping below what the amp is capable of producing good power with, and this will throw a protection flag on some amps.
I haven't been into the engine compartment of a 2005 civic in a few years, but make sure you have a chassis ground on the battery itself, or else you're asking the power distrobution block to do the grounding back to the battery for your whole system, often these are 8AU wire... this can also cause issues. Stick a 1' piece of ground wire on the negative of your battery and then onto the frame somewhere, and even if it doesn't resolve your issue, it is generally good practice and you will need it down the road if you're planning on pushing more than your current 50A setup.
My guess is one of the subs is cooked, but without another pair to test with, you're stuck with doing it the long way. I used to have the black series premier subs running off a bp1200.1 and they did the same thing when you pushed them.
Another likely cause is that your voltage is dropping below what the amp is capable of producing good power with, and this will throw a protection flag on some amps.
I haven't been into the engine compartment of a 2005 civic in a few years, but make sure you have a chassis ground on the battery itself, or else you're asking the power distrobution block to do the grounding back to the battery for your whole system, often these are 8AU wire... this can also cause issues. Stick a 1' piece of ground wire on the negative of your battery and then onto the frame somewhere, and even if it doesn't resolve your issue, it is generally good practice and you will need it down the road if you're planning on pushing more than your current 50A setup.
My guess is one of the subs is cooked, but without another pair to test with, you're stuck with doing it the long way. I used to have the black series premier subs running off a bp1200.1 and they did the same thing when you pushed them.
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Problem still not solved
This problem will not go away! Kicker 600.1 Amp which is stable at 2 ohms mono mounted into a 2005 Honda Civic with 4 guage cable all around keeps going into protection when turned to higher volumes. Have tried grounding to every spot i nthe car , cleared any painted surfaces and even ran a set of booster cables to the negative on the battery and grounded to that as well the car at the same time and same result so bad ground can be ruled out , bad speakers can be ruled out. Is it time to send this amp for a repair job and can I expect it to cost alot where its not totally screwed ? Runs 4 ohm no problem at all cranked to distortion
