Chamois Posted September 6, 2010 Report Share Posted September 6, 2010 Okay so Im selling my friend my Kicker ZX1000.1 Running an Alpine 15" Dual 2 ohm, I have the sub wired in series to 4ohms, and the amp pushes 500 watts at 4ohms so its pretty loud .. But before i sell it to him, i wanna trouble shoot a problem .. Okay, so ill be playing the sub for like 5min, and it will sound good, then after a couple minutes it will start to smell, im assuming this is because i just re-glued the surround to the basket, im not sure if its from that, or from the coils burning up .. I ran this sub at 1000watts and it sounded great, but now im running it at 500 watts and its burning up? It doesnt make sense to me .. Also After the smell starts to happen, the amplifier goes into protect mode .. I know its the subwoofer smelling, because its very strong inside of the port of the box .. What could it be? A bad ground? voltage dropping? what could it be? I know this is confusing, ask questions if i confused anyone lol Thanks, Dominic Quote 2006 Saab 9-3 2.0T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 6, 2010 Report Share Posted September 6, 2010 im 99% sure you're clipping the amp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cqtama Posted September 6, 2010 Report Share Posted September 6, 2010 clipping? how are your gains set because if you clip your amp it will eventually send it into protect mode and cause your sub to burn up before that happens. is your amp getting hot too? Quote R.I.P '01 blazer you treated my ears well until your transmission blew up. New Project [top secret] 149.0 db on music driver window open; so close I feel some boners are fueled by viagra and not true intimacy!......if you know what i mean.... I swear... sometimes I wish I was retarded so I could just agree with everyone x. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EclipseChris Posted September 6, 2010 Report Share Posted September 6, 2010 clipping? how are your gains set because if you clip your amp it will eventually send it into protect mode and cause your sub to burn up before that happens. is your amp getting hot too? Clipping sets off protect mode? Never heard of this, please explain... Quote i resolve to be a nicer moderator. Tercel build R.I.P. Eclipse build Old New V-Dub My feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cqtama Posted September 6, 2010 Report Share Posted September 6, 2010 (edited) no heat sets off protect mode. and clipping causes heat and voltage drop witch also sets off protect mode edit actually voltage drop causes clipping but you get the idea Edited September 6, 2010 by cqtama Quote R.I.P '01 blazer you treated my ears well until your transmission blew up. New Project [top secret] 149.0 db on music driver window open; so close I feel some boners are fueled by viagra and not true intimacy!......if you know what i mean.... I swear... sometimes I wish I was retarded so I could just agree with everyone x. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jbinn Posted September 6, 2010 Report Share Posted September 6, 2010 Sounds like your amplifier isn't wired right... Recheck all of your wires, you're probably trying to take an ohm load the amplifier can't give. I did this on my AP1500 one of my wires was loose on the woofer and I was running .5ohms instead of 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EclipseChris Posted September 6, 2010 Report Share Posted September 6, 2010 no heat sets off protect mode. and clipping causes heat and voltage drop witch also sets off protect mode edit actually voltage drop causes clipping but you get the idea ok, i understand now. but voltage drop alone doesn't cause clipping until it is DRAMATIC... like 10v Quote i resolve to be a nicer moderator. Tercel build R.I.P. Eclipse build Old New V-Dub My feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chamois Posted September 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2010 So i switched the sub out with one of my RF P3 15" and it works fine .. So the sub was clearly blown, and the amp goes into protect mode probably to not start a fire or something right? Side Note: So basically im running 1k watts to my P3 which can only handle 500 watts .. But i have the gain on like 3db so am i safe? Quote 2006 Saab 9-3 2.0T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 6, 2010 Report Share Posted September 6, 2010 So i switched the sub out with one of my RF P3 15" and it works fine .. So the sub was clearly blown, and the amp goes into protect mode probably to not start a fire or something right? Side Note: So basically im running 1k watts to my P3 which can only handle 500 watts .. But i have the gain on like 3db so am i safe? ...uhh gain on 3db? im not too familiar with kicker amps but dont they go from 0 to 11 or something? tune the gains like you should be doing in the first place then you will be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chamois Posted September 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2010 ...uhh gain on 3db? im not too familiar with kicker amps but dont they go from 0 to 11 or something? tune the gains like you should be doing in the first place then you will be fine. I did tune the gain, i put it to about 3 out of 11 .. What im asking is if this is safe? If i have it any lower than 3, then i get virtually NO Bass out of the Amp .. 3db is what sounds good, just dont wanna blow the sub .. Quote 2006 Saab 9-3 2.0T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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