ModestDb Posted April 2, 2015 Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 Like the title says... If I have a 1 ohm stable mono-block amp hooked up but check across the speaker terminals without anything hooked up to them...what ohm should I see? Or more specifically...is there any reason I should be getting 12 ohms using a fluke meter? When I play music with the subs hooked up, there is no voltage across the terminals at all either. Blown amp? BTW...the RCA's are good because I can swap my friends amp in and it plays. I would check his amps ohm load but he's at work right now. 4 American Bass VFL 8" at 0.5 ohm Soundstream Tarantula 3000.1D at 0.5 ohm 32 hz ported box designed by Mark at Car Audio Fabrications XS D1200 secondary with Stinger isolator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audiofanaticz Posted April 2, 2015 Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 most likely your amp is shot. amps dont put out "ohms". the ohm at which the amp plays at is determined by your speakers/woofers, and what the impedance of the voice coils are, and how they are wired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ModestDb Posted April 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 Well my amp is showing 12 ohms across the terminals and it doesn't change when I hook my 2ohm dvc Memphis Mojo up to the terminals. 4 American Bass VFL 8" at 0.5 ohm Soundstream Tarantula 3000.1D at 0.5 ohm 32 hz ported box designed by Mark at Car Audio Fabrications XS D1200 secondary with Stinger isolator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Lightning Posted April 2, 2015 Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 Ohms is the load being drawn by your drivers. Without a load, the amp should not give you a reading of any kind. Your amp has been shorted out somewhere ... Kenwood / HELIX / Linear Power (For The Love Of Music) / Brutal Sounds / OverKill Electric Co Questions About Sound Quality ?? Try Here ... Sound Quality, What does it REALLY mean ?? SMD SOTM Winner "White Lightning" 1997 GMT400 Chevy Silverado "The Green Dickle" 1994 GMT400 Chevy "Phantom Dually" Randal's 2007 Chevy Avalanche (we haven't named this one yet) Dylan's "Brutal" 17 Chevy Cruze RS Hatch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ModestDb Posted April 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 I had this same model amp before (Soundstream Rubicon 2500) on the same Mojo and it's still wired 1 ohm. I had someone buy my amp from me a while back and I just bought a replacement from a store on e-bay. It was advertised as new but it arrived yesterday and is clearly a refurbished one. A poorly refurbished one at that. *The positive and negative terminals have signs of hot arcing *The clear plastic around the positive terminal is lightly browned *There's a scratch in the painted blue surface *One of the mounting feet has clearly been broken off and glued back on *All 4 mounting feet have witness marks where screws have been in them before *The gain, bass boost, lpf and ssf knobs all have twist marks in the flat head screw driver slots, as if someone tried to turn them too far *The power light comes on and the protection light is off but when the fan kicked on, I immediately smelled a whiff of smoke. Never saw any smoke just smelled it This isn't my first rodeo so I didn't hook it up wrong. I went back over my B+, ground and remote wire just to be sure I'm not mistaken. Besides, like I said my friends amp hooked up in its place without issue. 4 American Bass VFL 8" at 0.5 ohm Soundstream Tarantula 3000.1D at 0.5 ohm 32 hz ported box designed by Mark at Car Audio Fabrications XS D1200 secondary with Stinger isolator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broke_Audio_Addict Posted April 2, 2015 Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 Take pictures as proof and file a claim to get your money back. That being said a lot of people's definition of "music" is a clipped 30 hz sine wave with some 80 IQ knuckle head grunting about committing crimes and his genitals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChevyBoy95 Posted April 2, 2015 Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 Ohms is the load being drawn by your drivers. Without a load, the amp should not give you a reading of any kind. Your amp has been shorted out somewhere ... This. Best Score to Date : 160.5 dB Outlaw (47Hz)[4 XM 15's & 2 Taramps Bass 12k's] BL : http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/147800-chevyboy95s-4-15s-7krms-wall-1533-db-on-half-power/YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/hitemwiththeflex/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChevyBoy95 Posted April 2, 2015 Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 I had this same model amp before (Soundstream Rubicon 2500) on the same Mojo and it's still wired 1 ohm. I had someone buy my amp from me a while back and I just bought a replacement from a store on e-bay. It was advertised as new but it arrived yesterday and is clearly a refurbished one. A poorly refurbished one at that. *The positive and negative terminals have signs of hot arcing *The clear plastic around the positive terminal is lightly browned *There's a scratch in the painted blue surface *One of the mounting feet has clearly been broken off and glued back on *All 4 mounting feet have witness marks where screws have been in them before *The gain, bass boost, lpf and ssf knobs all have twist marks in the flat head screw driver slots, as if someone tried to turn them too far *The power light comes on and the protection light is off but when the fan kicked on, I immediately smelled a whiff of smoke. Never saw any smoke just smelled it This isn't my first rodeo so I didn't hook it up wrong. I went back over my B+, ground and remote wire just to be sure I'm not mistaken. Besides, like I said my friends amp hooked up in its place without issue. Not saying you are wrong, but the amount of times on this forum that people have said that..... and then ended up wrong.... is quite a bit. "this isn't my first rodeo" doesn't tell us anything. Best Score to Date : 160.5 dB Outlaw (47Hz)[4 XM 15's & 2 Taramps Bass 12k's] BL : http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/147800-chevyboy95s-4-15s-7krms-wall-1533-db-on-half-power/YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/hitemwiththeflex/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karkov Posted April 2, 2015 Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 I had this same model amp before (Soundstream Rubicon 2500) on the same Mojo and it's still wired 1 ohm. I had someone buy my amp from me a while back and I just bought a replacement from a store on e-bay. It was advertised as new but it arrived yesterday and is clearly a refurbished one. A poorly refurbished one at that. *The positive and negative terminals have signs of hot arcing *The clear plastic around the positive terminal is lightly browned *There's a scratch in the painted blue surface *One of the mounting feet has clearly been broken off and glued back on *All 4 mounting feet have witness marks where screws have been in them before *The gain, bass boost, lpf and ssf knobs all have twist marks in the flat head screw driver slots, as if someone tried to turn them too far *The power light comes on and the protection light is off but when the fan kicked on, I immediately smelled a whiff of smoke. Never saw any smoke just smelled it This isn't my first rodeo so I didn't hook it up wrong. I went back over my B+, ground and remote wire just to be sure I'm not mistaken. Besides, like I said my friends amp hooked up in its place without issue. Not saying you are wrong, but the amount of times on this forum that people have said that..... and then ended up wrong.... is quite a bit. "this isn't my first rodeo" doesn't tell us anything. Tells us he's a cowboy 2007 Chevy Tahoe (SOLD) 12 ~ FI Audio X series 10" w/BP option 2 ~ DC Audio 5.0K @0.67 3 ~ DC Audio 5.0K @1.0 2 ~ PPI 3 way sets (not installed yet) 1 ~ RF T400-4, 1 ~ RF T600-2, 1 ~ RF T600-4 4 ~ CT Sounds 5.25" Strato comps (rear fill only) 1 ~ XS Power D4800 1 ~ XS Power D3400 8 ~ XS Power XP3000 160 stock alt, Mechman 370 Elite, 185 DC Power 320+ Sq. Ft. Sound Deadener Pioneer AVH-X5500BHS Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/knfjdkghjudfhsgkjdhf/videos?sort=dd&view=0&shelf_id=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ModestDb Posted April 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 Just finished taking pictures. I emailed that e-bay store and they asked that I send it back to them and let them get me one in good shape. I asked if they were refurbished but they didn't directly answer my question. Only that they would have one of their "technicians" look at the one I send them back. Should I send it back or should I appeal to e-bay complaints? 4 American Bass VFL 8" at 0.5 ohm Soundstream Tarantula 3000.1D at 0.5 ohm 32 hz ported box designed by Mark at Car Audio Fabrications XS D1200 secondary with Stinger isolator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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