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05z71crew 
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Posted: July 25, 2006 at 4:50 PM / IP Logged  
Is it possible to send too much gain to the amplifier? And if that is the case wouldn't turning the knob on the PAC part to zero set the gain as if the part wasn't there? The amp still cuts out when the PAC part is at zero and the amp's remote is turned up about halfway.
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Posted: July 25, 2006 at 6:36 PM / IP Logged  

Bad ground, after reading how you grounded it, I would look at it even closer. Do not assume that a bolt is a good ground. Read the "What is a proper ground" sticky for further info.

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Posted: July 27, 2006 at 11:52 AM / IP Logged  

But even with a bad ground.. the symptoms would make me think that is not the only problem. With the amp working for 20 minutes and then cutting in and out every few minutes after that I would think that either the amp was overheating or the power supply was being depleted to drop below 12volts. Maybe the combination of a not-so-great ground and insufficient power would make the voltage drop lower/faster. Have you upgraded the big 3?

On another note, how good is your remote turn-on line to the amp? Are you running any other devices off this remote wire and are your connections good? I used to run too many fans and lights off this line without a relay. With everything turned on it would drop below 10 volts and all the amps would shut down.

Either way, I would change your ground and check the voltage at high volumes on the main power and on the remote line. And you might as well check the impedance theory by simply unplugging one of the speakers.

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Umm, would running two dual 4 0hm voice coils make the amp see .5 ohms, just wondering...
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Posted: July 28, 2006 at 8:10 PM / IP Logged  
No.  You're wiring options (assuming you use all the voice coils) would be 1 ohm (all in parallel), 4 ohms (series-parallel), or 16 ohms (all in series).
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Posted: July 28, 2006 at 9:03 PM / IP Logged  

ya,  got a little confused there, but youre right i checked the calc.

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