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wtk amp keeps tripping

Postby truemail30 » July 22nd, 2007, 5:37 pm

i would like to know what could cause my amp to trip to protection light every time i put on my eck it`s a pyramid 1200 watt red series

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Postby demboyzaudio » July 22nd, 2007, 6:00 pm

probably cause is pyramid.
cud be a number of things.
gain level to high, lack of power.

but by main guess is ur ohmage.
what ohmage u runnin ur speakers at?
how many channels?
any bridged?

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Postby Loprofile PC » July 22nd, 2007, 6:27 pm

could be bad wiring, damaged speakers, wires shorting or even faulty amp....try disconnecting all speakers wires, leaving the power and remote wires connected and see what happens.
If this works; ensure the speaker/speakers u r using are good, none of the wires are damaged and that u did indeed wire the thing correctly.
The other option is to get an experienced installer.......

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Postby Chiney » July 22nd, 2007, 6:47 pm

could be bad wiring, damaged speakers, wires shorting or even faulty amp

try disconnecting all speakers wires, leaving the power and remote wires connected and see what happens.

thats good help there!



ohmage

the term is impedance..

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Postby hydroep » July 22nd, 2007, 10:44 pm

Had the same problem and it turned out that the pigtail wires on the subwoofer were touching :shock: causing the amp to trip.

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Postby - Rovin's car audio - » July 22nd, 2007, 10:51 pm

its usually ah simple ting like a strand of wire causing a short circuit ,speaker wire grounding off on d car's body or trying to put a load on d amp below what its rated to handle comfortably .......

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Postby boom » July 23rd, 2007, 7:40 am

So if I run ah amp under its rated RMS that could cause it to trip?

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Postby jeff » July 23rd, 2007, 7:58 am

boom wrote:So if I run ah amp under its rated RMS that could cause it to trip?


how yu does do that??

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Postby boom » July 23rd, 2007, 8:15 am

No I see rovin type "trying to put a load on d amp BELOW what its rated to handle comfortably" so i was wondering if this is possible.

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Postby jeff » July 23rd, 2007, 8:26 am

lolllll he never said rms..you putin words in rovin typin lol

what he was saying was about impedance....

not all them pyramid amp is run at 2 ohms eh

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Postby boom » July 23rd, 2007, 8:22 pm

ohh sry they jeff, when I heard "rated" I immediately thought rms..SRy they rovin but the wrong impendence does cause the amp to trip? I guess das what all the stable and thing is about then? SLowly I goh reach yall level

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Postby SR » July 23rd, 2007, 8:35 pm

disconnet the speaker wire from the output of the amplifier and then turn it back on

if it does not go into protection mode then you may ahve ashort somewhere and it could have already damaged the amp

if it still goes into protection mode then the amp may be damaged and will need to be checked

however in doing your checks

check and ensure that the ground wire is connected properly to the amp and the chassis of the vehicle and also that you are getting minimum 12 volts to the positive terminal of the amplifer when you tunr the amp on

as these conditions may also yield a protection light on some amplifiers

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