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Help! Amp in protect Power and Ground Cable is heating up.


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Bumping this subs like i stole them. I got a Cab2K at half ohm on 2 sundown x12. I got all sky high car audio 1/0 ofc from the front to my rear battery but from the rear battery to the amp the wire is 1/0 cca. Would this be the cause for my amp to be heating up or is it heating up from the abuse its getting? My electrical stays over 13volts I forgot to add that I have an excessive amperage 320 alternator.

Any tips and tricks welcomed not the first time ive had this issue.

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YES cca is garbage and has a lot of resistance in it that turns into heat.  

MEAD just did a video on this, also theres videos online that use a lazer gun to get temps, and same size wire same load and the CCA was over x3 the temp of OFC>  

 

Also make sure your grounds are the same size as your power. 

Sundown NSV4 18"  +  Sundown SALT-4 Baby

MechMan Elite 370a  +  XS3100 - XP3000

SHCA 1/0 OFC(blue+  SMD Fuse Holders(blue)

Pioneer AVH-2440NEX  SHCA Pro RCA 

 

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Pieced out the system little by little i thought i had ofc but i noticed ofc wasn't printed on the wire like the rest of my runs.

Thanx for the input much appreciated gonna order some ofc on Friday. 

I can imagine some db gains from switching the wire.

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