Guest GPMACHINE Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 I bought a Kicker KX1200.1 and it just doesn't seem as loud as it should be. I'm looking to get some sort of answer to see if it's me that's nuts or my amp! I currently have a 8 gauge power wire and ground with a 40 amp fuse on it hooked up from a older amp. I had a shop test my power wire to see how many amps my amp was pulling. It peaked at 20 amps on a bass music track... Does that seem right? I have 2 Kicker compvr 10" subs running at 1ohm connected to it so i thought i should see something higher like 100amps... The birth sheet to the amp read 1440 watts of actual power... Any ideas? - Thanks, Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVBin916 Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 The first problem I see is your power and ground wire is too small. for 1000watts you should be running 4gauge wire nothing less. you are getting too much resistance with the 8 gauge. What gauge wire are you running to the subs would be my next question. Ground location? Is this the only amp you are running in the system? What kind of battery do you have and how old is it? - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChevyBoy Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 yea man. definitely upgrade your wires. theyre way too small for that. have you popped an inline fuse yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civichatch Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 ya upgrade the wire dude go 4 gauge or 1/0 gauge System Specs: Alpine SWR-1542D 15" sub Sealed Subwoofer Box MTX mxa 6001 Class D 774watts RMS @ 2ohms MTX Bass Knob Pioneer 6.5's in doors MTX Thunderdome 6x9 in rear Stinger 1 Farad capacitor 80 amp stinger fuse BIG 3 in 4 gauge wire 4 gauge power/ground wire JVC MP3 CD Car Deck (KD-G320) 12 gauge Monster speaker wire to Sub 16 gauge Stinger speaker wire to doors Stinger Gold Plated Battery Terminals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonkers Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 First off upgrade your power wire and ground to atleast a 4guage wire as stated by others Second read the owners manual for the correct inline fuse/breaker most 1000rms amps require atleast a 100amp fuse/breaker Third check your subs to make sure you wired them correctly, sometimes people accidently wire dual voice coils wrong Fourth you sub enclosure(s) could be another reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D_Bass Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 i could start this by saying everything the last 4 ppl said or i can say........do what they said To Slide Sideways Or Not To Slide Sideways? Head unit: Pioneer AVH-5000DVDSpeakers: 4 Pionner TS-G6842R Amplifier: Alpine MRD-300Subwoofers: 10" JL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GPMACHINE Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 Ya, i knew i should have said i have 1/0 gauge ready to be installed tomorrow... Oh well *shrugs* Tomorrow/today i will put in the 1/0 gauge and have the same song playing at the same volume and use the shops same tester to see if there is any change in current. 20 amps just seems way off but I've never really done this sort of thing before so... Is there a test tone that would be better to use instead of a bass music track? I do get a very slight dimming of the lights when i have the volume cranked up. It's so slight though that i have to actually stare at the lights to notice. If i was looking at anything else i would not know it was happening. Even at night. I was told that amps x volts = watts. So my 20ampsx14(let's say)volts = 280 watts? WTF is that about?!?! Again, is it me that's nuts or do i maybe have a bum amp? As far as the subs go, they are dual 4 ohm and wired correctly for a 1ohm load. The battery on the other hand I'm not sure about. It starts the van np so i just figured it was good. I wanted to throw in a optima red top but just wasn't ready to do it now. Thanks for your help guys - Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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