| TheNeonEdge |
Hey everyone, ok, im running a kenwood 929 amp and a pheonix gold wiring kit, i jsut replaced the 50 watt fuse, and now, once in a while when the bass is cranked up, hte bass will just cut out {because the amp turns off} what would cause this? Overheating? Because it never happened to me before like last week!
--ThE EdGe |
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| SplineZ |
probly over heating.. maybe the fan inside your amp stopped spinning :) (if it has one), or its covered by something
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| sunfiregt |
yah thats has been happening to mine lately. I think it is just overheating. I have mine underneath my drivers seat so when it happens I just turn on some AC or cool air onto the floor and it comes back right away.
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| gillAteen |
| Just make sure the gain isn't set too high.Also,a lot of amps that are cooked will blow the fuse as soon as you turn it up. |
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| HKSpowers |
You're likley over impeding the amp or drawing way to much current.
Does the amp turn back on after a few seconds? |
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| scooby_dooby |
| touch teh amp, is it hot? |
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| Badazz |
| Sounds like your amp is cliping. This is caused from too much gain. turn down your lower gain or pull some of the lower fq. from your eq (if you have one) if you have the gain on you deck turned up then the gain on you amp turned up it is causing clipping. for every 3db gain you add to you amp, your output dubbles. for a three db gain your amp has to put twice as much wattage. this drawes twice3 as much currant, and will cause over heating |
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| TheNeonEdge |
Thanks guys, well actually i guess i have a bunch of problems then!
#1 my amp is in a non ventelated small trunk.
#2 My gain is lots, but it never used to happen before, id have it cranked and it wouldnt even flinch.
#3 Maybe i need bigger wire?
and yes it does cut in and out, and when i turn the gain down the bass comes back.
--ThE EdGe |
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| Dopey88 |
| what guage wire do you have??? how big is your amp?? |
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| Mekanik22 |
| I had the same problem awhile back. The screw which I used for my ground was too small and was really loose. So I put a bigger screw in there and now the bass doesn't cut out. Check your ground for any obstructions and check how tight it is. |
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| scooby_dooby |
| a good ground is very important, shitty ground = shitty performance |
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| SplineZ |
quote:
Originally posted by scooby_dooby@Jun 18 2003, 04:37 PM
a good ground is very important, shitty ground = shitty performance
:werd:
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