Sub cuts out if I turn up the volume
#1
Sub cuts out if I turn up the volume
Ok, so I bought this car from my brother in law, who got it from someone else - long story short, it came with an amp and a 1200 watt sub. Everything works great - bass is nice and clear, not a hint of distortion....until I turn up the volume. Then the sub just cuts out. When I look in the trunk, the amp's protect light comes on when it is at a higher volume. And I don't mean irritate the neighbors loud, it's at the point where you can have a conversation without raising your voice to the passenger at all, then the bass just goes away. The strange thing is, when the amp doesn't go into protect mode in time, the bass delivers nicely. I have no clue what I am doing, so any help is appreciated. If everything is fried, I won't be upset. I just hate having the bass, then all of a sudden not having it
#6
It may be that your impedance is too low. When a 2 channel amp says it's 2 ohm stable, that means 2 ohm stereo. when you bridge a 2ch amp, each channel sees 1/2 the impedance. So if you bridge it at 2 ohms, the amp is actually seeing a 1 ohm load per channel.
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Ok, so I bought this car from my brother in law, who got it from someone else - long story short, it came with an amp and a 1200 watt sub. Everything works great - bass is nice and clear, not a hint of distortion....until I turn up the volume. Then the sub just cuts out. When I look in the trunk, the amp's protect light comes on when it is at a higher volume. And I don't mean irritate the neighbors loud, it's at the point where you can have a conversation without raising your voice to the passenger at all, then the bass just goes away. The strange thing is, when the amp doesn't go into protect mode in time, the bass delivers nicely. I have no clue what I am doing, so any help is appreciated. If everything is fried, I won't be upset. I just hate having the bass, then all of a sudden not having it
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