kicker417 Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 so i was complainin on how my amp gettin hot alot well 2day i turn on the truck and had the rca's unplug while i was turning it on when all of a sudden it started to smoke anybody knows what might be the problem. the amp is a zx2500.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulO2288 Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 Possbily blown the amp. Got overworked, and didnet have time to cool off possibly. Are you sure you werent running the amp at 1 ohm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicker417 Posted March 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 (edited) nope had it at 2ohm and i had just turn on the truck for the first time 2day doe . this happen after 5min bein on and no rca hook up. Edited March 3, 2008 by kicker417 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicker417 Posted March 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 and the gains were pretty low they were maybe 1/4 of the way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulO2288 Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 If polecat doesent answer this messge him later on in a few hours to try to get his attention. You may have a malfunction. It will happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polecat Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 whom hooked it up? what size power wire is it? what was/is voltage? how is ground setup? where is it mounted? Behind every great man....is an underwear tag! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stilltippin863 Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 whom hooked it up?what size power wire is it? what was/is voltage? how is ground setup? where is it mounted? i got the same problem i hooked mine up wired to 2 ohm on 4 15 l5's 0ga wire have not checked the voltage i am going to move the ground this weekend mounted under back dash on a wooden deck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicker417 Posted March 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 its hook up right had install by me the ground is nutin but metal use 2 nuts that holds the seat which is set to my 2 batterys and where i get my ground from the voltage while this happen was 14.6 for gauge i have 4gaugekicker flex when i would tuurn it up to a full tilt the voltage would drop to like 12.8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 LOL @ you for running 4 gauge to that amp!!! New project in the works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stilltippin863 Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 i am running 4 ga to the amp off the battery is that ok or do i got to get some more 0ga to run to the amp i got 0ga rann all the way back to battery and then off battery i got 4 ga to amp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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