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theyoungone

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Posted: March 09, 2006 at 8:39 PM / IP Logged

My friend just bought a brand new power acoustik 1200 watt gothic series amplifier. I did some searching in the forum and found a similar problem, but the thread was closed, it plays for a few songs and shuts off. Hes running two 12" audiobahn AW121T's and one Jensen Xs1212. They are all 4 0hm and im just wondering on some suggestions on how to make it quit shutting off, i figured it was that the amp couldnt draw enough amps because his ground s to small. Also i would like to know the best way to wire up three subs to that one amp, ANY help is greatly appreciated.

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Posted: March 09, 2006 at 8:55 PM / IP Logged

What are the specs for the amp? Also when you say the ground is too small... What do you mean? You could have a multitude of problems including amplifier load issues and overheating.

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Posted: March 09, 2006 at 9:13 PM / IP Logged

What's the model number of the amp?

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Posted: March 09, 2006 at 11:04 PM / IP Logged

unless its a class D amp, its 4 ohm mono - 2 ohm stereo.

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Posted: March 10, 2006 at 7:15 AM / IP Logged

OV2-1200, and hes got all three subs bridged. The ground wire is like 8 gauge and over 3 feet long, andhis power wire is 4 gauge. It hits pretty hard until it shuts off, thanks a lot guys

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Posted: March 10, 2006 at 8:54 AM / IP Logged

sounds like it's seeing about a 1 ohm load... try to rewire/reconfigure it to see a 4 ohm load and you'll be good to go....

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Posted: March 10, 2006 at 10:12 AM / IP Logged

Yep, that's a 2-channel amplifier and it requires a minimum 4-ohm load when bridged. You are overloading the amp. You cannot operate three 4-ohm woofers off that amp. Dump one of the woofers and then wire each of the remaining to its own channel, that's the best you can do.

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thanks for all the help guys, i dumped the third and it works fine, but it sure hit hard with 3... lol

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