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Amp shuts off for seconds

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Forum Name: Car Audio
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Printed Date: August 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM


Topic: Amp shuts off for seconds

Posted By: alarmpro
Subject: Amp shuts off for seconds
Date Posted: October 08, 2002 at 10:59 PM

I have a 1995 toyota tercel and I installed the amplifier kit and ran the wires to the back.  I have a Jensen 400watt amp and I connected two 800watt legacy speakers.  I bridged them because its bridgeable.  Boy it KICKS.  After a while after it was all jooked up the amp started going into protection and cutting off.  I read the manual and it says that for some applications that if it is bridged and your running woofers that a fan might neccessary.  But the next day or actually sometimes I turn on the stereo and it starts to sound for like 15 seconds and the amp shutts off?  So I don't think that its that the amp is hot.  I also installed a farad cap because I thaught that maybe it was pulling too much from the battery and that it was not enough voltage so that is why its turning off but it still does it.  Any suggestions.  Im pretty handy with alarms but 80% with audio.

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Posted By: subnoizeryder
Date Posted: October 09, 2002 at 8:21 AM
i had the same problem with my amp a while back. the connection wasn't very good at the power terminal so i hunted around until i found a gold plated connection for my amp.




Posted By: Velocity Motors
Date Posted: October 09, 2002 at 9:42 AM

try running th speakers in 4 ohm stereo mode instead of bridged. See if this impedance will be more liked by the amplifier.



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Jeff
Velocity Custom Home Theater
Mobile Audio/Video Specialist
Morden, Manitoba CANADA





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