hhaudio Posted December 24, 2008 Report Share Posted December 24, 2008 I made my first box. It has a pioneer 10" and a SPL Audio Series I amp that I bout off of a friend that was sitting in his room. I finally got to test it today but it is showing me the protect light. Its not the RCAs and I've tried 3 different grounds. Any suggestions??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbodylexus Posted December 24, 2008 Report Share Posted December 24, 2008 Does it ever power up or go straight to protect? Quote 1990 Chevy Suburban (Big Booty Judy) (4) Sundown Audio Zv5 18's (1) Sundown Audio Salt 12K (1) Sundown Audio SAX-100.4 (1) Sundown Audio SAE-50.4 (2) Crossfire ST-1 Tweeters (2) Obsidian Audio ST-1 tweeters (4) Sundown Audio Neo Pro v3 6.5's Saving 2nd Bass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhaudio Posted December 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2008 as soon as i touch the ground to it it goes to protect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itssteve Posted December 24, 2008 Report Share Posted December 24, 2008 you just have to trouble shoot it, make sure you are getting a good acc power and 12volt and you need to do better than just touch the grounds, take the paint off and ground it that way, if that doesnt work make sure the woofer is good, then i would look at the fuses on the amp, after that i would guess that the amp is shot Quote TEAM NEMESIS my system 1) us amps MD3D, us amps md21 2) kicker solo x 12 in 2.7ft^3 at 37hz Meca scores 1 xxx12" 141.8db at 40hz, 1 18 rd alpha v.2 145 db at 38hz , 2 12 orion hp 144.9 at 43hz Refs: hollatchaboy, schrummy, nitro_freak1,Brandon15zzz,Hellbound Train Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhaudio Posted December 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2008 i kno the woofer is good. i'm pretty confident in the ground. checked the amp fuse. what would be bad in the amp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-Train Posted December 24, 2008 Report Share Posted December 24, 2008 sounds like shes fried, i had an amp do that to me Quote 1997 4 Runner Alpine CDA-9886 4 Fi Audio X Series 12's 1 Crunch GP3000D Pro DC Power Inc. Alternator(Kickin out 15+ volts!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itssteve Posted December 24, 2008 Report Share Posted December 24, 2008 check the fuse off the batt and the acc wire and and make sure that they are conected to the right terminals. also is the woofer wired to a lower ohm load than the amp can handle, there are many things that can go wrong with an amp one good way to tell if its gone is to take another amp and hook it up to what you have and see if that one works Quote TEAM NEMESIS my system 1) us amps MD3D, us amps md21 2) kicker solo x 12 in 2.7ft^3 at 37hz Meca scores 1 xxx12" 141.8db at 40hz, 1 18 rd alpha v.2 145 db at 38hz , 2 12 orion hp 144.9 at 43hz Refs: hollatchaboy, schrummy, nitro_freak1,Brandon15zzz,Hellbound Train Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhaudio Posted December 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2008 damn that amp was gonna be my cheap $25 way out of buying a new amp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audiofanaticz Posted December 24, 2008 Report Share Posted December 24, 2008 I dont know what your using for a power source, but the problem maybe that your powersource does not have a high enough current to turn the amp on. Most likely that is not the case. If need be carry the amp out to your car, open the hood and try using the car battery for a better power source. If your having a problem with the amp, the best way to eliminate possibilites is to try and power the amp up with just the positive, negative, and remote connections. Leave the speaker and rca cords disconnected. Just a side not too, you should always connect the amps ground before the positive and remote. You can easily mess up an amp if not fry it by powering it up with no ground. Im saying this because you said "as soon as i touch the ground it goes into protect". When the power and remote are hooked up, and you have whatever you are using for a power source or even a car on with no ground, the amp will search for a ground and try to ground through whatever it can, if it fines no source for a ground it could fry or damage the amp beyond use. The SPL amps are pretty much garbage and low grade amps (worse then things like jensen, power acoustik) and rate along the lines of boss, pyrmid, pyle, etc. The build quality is not the greatest so anything little could jepordize the amps ability to function. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhaudio Posted December 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2008 it has a 4 gauge power from the battery and 4 gauge ground. I kno i should have the ground hooked up first but I dont always listen to myself. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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