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thegage

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Posted: February 17, 2008 at 9:36 PM / IP Logged

My Rockford P550.2 Amp is getting hot enough to fry eggs on it, and im just wondering if thats ok (which im guessing it not) or what I can do to stop it.

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Posted: February 17, 2008 at 10:13 PM / IP Logged

How is your gain set???

What is the voltage at the amp when the system is turned on to normal listening levels???

What load is the amp wired to??

thegage

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Posted: February 18, 2008 at 12:18 PM / IP Logged

My gain is at half

Im not sure what the voltage is at the amp

and the amp is wired at 4Ohms Bridged

i am an idiot

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Posted: February 18, 2008 at 4:17 PM / IP Logged

Turn the amp on and leave the volume all the way down and leave it powered up for 10 minutes, If it gets hot you have a problem with your amp. If it does not get hot, you really need to make sure it is not running 1 Ohm mono.

thegage

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Posted: February 18, 2008 at 10:00 PM / IP Logged

I know for a fact I wired it at 4Ohms Bridged, and also I just blew the fuse on my 4 gauge power cord coming from the battery...

i am an idiot

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Posted: February 18, 2008 at 10:14 PM / IP Logged

What size fuse did it blow? How many woofers do you have? Are they single or dual voice coil? What is the impedance of the coils?

thegage

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Posted: February 18, 2008 at 10:49 PM / IP Logged

It blew a AGU60A 60 Amp AGU Fuse, I have two 12" DVC 4 Ohm Diamond Audio Subs

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Posted: February 19, 2008 at 12:10 AM / IP Logged

Is the amp well positioned with proper Ventilation < problem with that amp most of the time.

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Posted: February 19, 2008 at 12:33 AM / IP Logged

Please explain how exactly you have the subs wired to the amp.

Also, how large are your power/ground wires? What size of fuse is in the amp?

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thegage

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Posted: February 19, 2008 at 3:46 PM / IP Logged

My subs are wired as 4Ohm Bridged.

The Power and Ground wires are 4 Gauge, and the amp has two 30 fuses.

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