amp cutting out

alright heres the deal.......i just got my rockford amp and HE2.....i have the 1500W 501S......now i bridged my amp to the sub and wired my sub up like this

sorry i dun know what its called.......

so does anyone have any ideas why it would start cuttin out......i had been usin it fine but only for short amounts of time (15-20minutes) for tuning......and today i was usin it for about 45 minutes when i was driving.......all i could think of would be that its overheating.....but its mounted on the back of a box in my trunk with plenty of airspace to cool......so i dunno.....

oh also......everytime it begins to cut out i would turn off my HU for a minute or two, then turn it back, and it would be fine for about another 5 minutes b4 it happened again......

alright sorry its so long......thanks in advance

 The 501's ratings are below

Your amp is going into protection for multiple reasons

(1) the amp is not designed to operate at a 2ohm mono load. You have parallel wired the subs to a 2 ohm mono load.

(2) you may have a really crappy ground.

(3) you have a high resistance on the ground

(4) you have the gain / bass boost on the amp too high.

Now while your amp will probably play all day wired the way it is at lower volume levels, at higher volume levels the amplifier produces excessive heat which sends the amp into thermal protection (don't want to melt the amp right).

Now I don't know who sold you your equipment, but I for one would head right back and get a different amp or a different sub, you were sold good equipment, it just was not matched together correctly. To keep the sub, have a look at the Rockford Power 351M. It is designed and engineered to run continuously at 2ohm mono with a MINIMUM of 350 watts rms, you sub need 250-400 rms, a much better match.

You can wire it to one channel, or you can get a Y and split the input signal which will give you a mono signal to both channels. Either way you hook it up you will get the same power. And as long as you have a mono signal, each voice coil will get the same signal so it will be safe to wire your sub to 2 channels.

so if i leave the sub wiring how it is now, and put it on one channel then i should be alright right?

i mean i could always go get a new amp and reconstruct everything i got but that just means more $$$......and im tryin to get a new car, instead of new car stereo

You’re correct; the easiest thing to do with the current setup is to bridge your sub to 1 of the 2 channels which will give you 250 watts rms total. However if you plan on using that as your permanent setup I would suggest you either return or sell that amp for a better match.

dammit.......the HE2 is rated 400 W RMS......with that I'd be underpowering my sub.......

man i'm leery on returning my amp, cuz i work for best buy (where i got it)......and i had a Kenwood that blew, then i got my 1500 w....but they gave me the 4 channel instead of the 2......now i have the two....and this happens.....they're gonna get pissed at me......

anyone got any way i could use this amp to power my sub w/o havin to return or purchase anything and w/o damaging anything???

115 it is in southern cali.......

yea bberman said to run it off one channel but that leaves me with a 250 w load.......which is underpowering......or was there somethin else i overlooked?