old dude Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 i just hooked up new out of the box audiopipe 3001 amp to one of my level 5s i set the gains with a 40hz test tone and a multi meter then i ran it hard but not wrong just hard while i was on the third song i noticed my wire conectors on the back of the sub box sparking and smoking they are quarter 20 bolts with triple nuts. 6 guage speaker wire. i shut down the system right away and felt the dust cap on that sub and it was hot also. so do i have a bad amp and if so how do i check that out by my calculations i was runing less than 1500 wats into that DC sub i have seen amps do things like this before but dont know why and i did burn one of my fingers pretty good when i checked to see if the nuts were just loose that was before i found the hot dust cap. the wires at the amp end were not hot but almost melting at the sub end. could it be that the 6 guage wire is not enough for the DCs Quote mobile chornobyl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abervintageman42 Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 sounds liek a sub problem not an amp problem... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old dude Posted January 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 sounds liek a sub problem not an amp problem... it may be she was realy hot and the amp was staying right at 14.4 volts Quote mobile chornobyl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abervintageman42 Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 it may be she was realy hot and the amp was staying right at 14.4 volts try turning your gain down, the sub shouldnt get hot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old dude Posted January 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 try turning your gain down, the sub shouldnt get hot thanks i will do that now Quote mobile chornobyl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorshammer Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 hmmm interesting.... I'm gonna say the obvious clipped sig. You say the 3rd song at that level. Did you smell the coils before this? Also what is your box rise? Just because its a 3k amp does not mean you get that power in a real world application. I've seen many amps including cactus 12k's at .5ohm nominal only put out 3400 because of a 4.5ohm box rise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox_racin4 Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 if it was sparking your lead were probly hitting eachother or the coil is already burnt ( if i read your port right) i run 2 audiopipe 3000s to my 4 level 3s with no problems a level 5 should gobble up the ap3000 no problem lol Quote 1998 gmc extd cab 12 crossfire C710s 4 SAZ-4500s 3 Singer 400A altsbuncha mids/highs Team Asshole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooshort064 Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 (edited) lol see if the coils are wired wrong..... it completely wrong seen that happen before . you could have it wired hot to ground by accident. just check. if so your shorting it out. Edited January 19, 2010 by Tooshort064 Quote 95 Civic Coupe Pioneer AVH-P7600DVD Kinetik HC-1200 In Front Kinetik HC-2000 In Rear Memphis 16-MCA3004 2 X Memphis 16-MCD1000 With Maxxsonics MLX-100 2 X DC LVL 4 XL 12's Pioneer Premier TS-C720PRS In Door's Kenwood KFC-6982ie In Rear Deck All Memphis Wire/Rca's and misc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoudBimmer Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 lol see if the coils are wired wrong..... it completely wrong seen that happen before .you could have it wired hot to ground by accident. just check. wtf are you saying? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox_racin4 Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 i think he meand + and - backwards on the amp? Quote 1998 gmc extd cab 12 crossfire C710s 4 SAZ-4500s 3 Singer 400A altsbuncha mids/highs Team Asshole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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