Whats wrong with my amp?

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Topic: Whats wrong with my amp?

Posted By: shesaidshewas18
Subject: Whats wrong with my amp?
Date Posted: December 12, 2004 at 6:41 AM

I have a Lightning Audio amp... 300.2A or something like that, and when I power it up it doesnt stay powered on. It just goes on for a couple seconds, then shuts off. The "Protection" light turns on, but then it turns off afterwards. Any tips or suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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Posted By: crispycritter91
Date Posted: December 12, 2004 at 9:35 AM

Well new amps carry short, overload and overheat protection. What are you using the amp for. Trying to bridge it into 1 channel with 2 subs. If you wire them up to parallel you will probably drop the load to 2 ohms or lower which most amps cannot handle. Hit me back when you have more info on your application.

Posted By: Lizardking
Date Posted: December 12, 2004 at 10:29 AM

Unhook the subs and see if it still go's into protection.. If it don't then you must have to low of a impedance with your sub configuration.

Posted By: jeffchilcott
Date Posted: December 12, 2004 at 3:05 PM

What type of subs are you running, what is the impedance of each sub? how are they wired? need more info

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