Is my amp dead?
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Forum Name: Car Audio
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Printed Date: April 28, 2024 at 8:40 PM
Topic: Is my amp dead?
Posted By: pimpincavy
Subject: Is my amp dead?
Date Posted: July 27, 2004 at 4:44 PM
I have a power acoustik 2 channel amp that is hooked up to 2 orion subs.I bought the amp used a few months ago and it was working fine up untill today. The amp isnt putting any sound to the subs and the power/protect light is blinking from green to yellow to red. If I flip the switch to HPF it runs fine, but on LPF and Full the light goes red. I checked all the wires and im pretty sure they are good. Is something wrong with my amp, or is one of my subs wired wrong?? I just put the subs in, but they where working earlier in the day, as was the amp. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
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Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: July 27, 2004 at 4:49 PM
What's the ohm load on the amp? ------------- Support the12volt.com
Posted By: archemedes
Date Posted: July 27, 2004 at 5:31 PM
disconnect the subs and see what happens, then connect each one seperate (assuming the protect doesn't come on)
Posted By: pimpincavy
Date Posted: July 27, 2004 at 5:35 PM
The amp can go to 2 Ohms, the subs are 4 Ohms.
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Posted By: forbidden
Date Posted: July 27, 2004 at 6:06 PM
Can the amp go to 2 ohms mono though? Most amps that are 2 channel list a 2 ohm stereo operation, this is a way far cry from 2 ohm mono. How have you wired the subs to the amp, do exactly what was recommended by achemedes and post the results.
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Top Secret, I can tell you but then my wife will kill me.
Posted By: pimpincavy
Date Posted: July 27, 2004 at 6:11 PM
Ok I hooked up only one sub. It works slightly better, now it moves the sub about half the time, the light blinks from green to red. I bought this amp used and I only know what it says on it, which is "2 Ohm stable". For the last 2 weeks I have been running 1 orion and 1 memphis (loan from store). The memphis had identical specs to the orion, they worked fine.
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Posted By: defective
Date Posted: July 27, 2004 at 6:16 PM
ghettocavy
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Posted By: haemphyst
Date Posted: July 27, 2004 at 6:29 PM
damn... tough room, defective... ouch! LOL
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It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."
Posted By: pimpincavy
Date Posted: July 27, 2004 at 8:02 PM
Hahaha, you dont know the half of it. pimpincavy is very tounge in cheek, its not pimpin at all.
As for the amp, it seems to be working fine all of a sudden. This is the second tine its acted up like this, any idea what the problem might be?? I plan on getting a new amp, as soon as I can get some money.
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