Amp Going Into Protect

/\/\ike Gold Member Username: Mixmastaspig Team RD, Canada Post Number: 2000 Registered: Sep-05	Posted on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 01:41 GMT Hey all, I had a 4 channel Helix Dark Blue amp that worked just fine the day we un-installed it. My buddy has it hooked up in his Rx-8 and after showing a green light for 1-2 seconds it immediately goes into protect. The took it out and tried it on another source with no RCA's hooked up and it still goes into protect. They opened it up and could see nothing that looked bad on the inside. Any ideas as to what we should look for? Thanks!!
Paul Larrea Platinum Member Username: Wingmanalive A pic is worth 1000 posts!! Post Number: 19848 Registered: Jun-06	Posted on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 01:59 GMT Grounded ok?
SPL Ninja Gold Member Username: Van_man Boston South, MA Post Number: 4623 Registered: Mar-06	Posted on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 02:07 GMT try hooking it up directly to the battery. Just use the pos, neg, and a little jumper from the remote to the amps pos. If it still goes into protect, then its most likly the amp. Also make sure the power is 12-14 volts.
/\/\ike Gold Member Username: Mixmastaspig Team RD, Canada Post Number: 2001 Registered: Sep-05	Posted on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 05:05 GMT Yeah it's grounded fine as it did the same thing in 2 separate locations. I believe that's what they did for the 2nd try Ninja. I checked it out myself tonight and everything looks fine... Hopefully it's a cheap fix as were looking into that as well.
M.S. Gold Member Username: Nd4spd18 Philadelphia, PA Post Number: 9823 Registered: Jul-06	Posted on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 07:38 GMT So you connected it to a few different electrical systems, with no speakers connected? If so the amp is most likely toast. It must have been damaged somehow.... did you disconnect the vehicles battery ground when installing or uninstalling it? So many people make the mistake of not.
Pimp Silver Member Username: 420pimp2 Post Number: 845 Registered: Jan-06	Posted on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 08:29 GMT The amp is probally fu.cked up from a overload.
/\/\ike Gold Member Username: Mixmastaspig Team RD, Canada Post Number: 2002 Registered: Sep-05	Posted on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 16:12 GMT @M.S When we un-installed it we did but I'm not sure what they did when they tossed it in the RX-8....
Snow Gold Member Username: Snowball123 West Allis, WI Post Number: 2231 Registered: Oct-07	Posted on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 16:19 GMT uh oh.
M.S. Gold Member Username: Nd4spd18 Philadelphia, PA Post Number: 9830 Registered: Jul-06	Posted on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 16:49 GMT Ah. My guess would be your buddies did something to it (prob without knowing it)
/\/\ike Gold Member Username: Mixmastaspig Team RD, Canada Post Number: 2004 Registered: Sep-05	Posted on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 17:07 GMT I'll run it by them. Thanks!

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