I have two 3000 watt 2 ohm pioneer premier 12" subs powered by a 900 watt RMS mobile spec amplifier, its a mono amp but there's two positive and negative terminals so I hooked up the subs as you would with a two channel amp. The specs on the amp says it runs at 1, 2 or 4 ohms.
I can't figure out why but when I turn up the volume so the subs are at their fullest performance point the amp will shut off and I'll have to shut off my touchscreen and turn it back on for the amp to turn back on.
It will get pretty loud, but when I push it past that point the amp will shut off, AND NO, the amp is not hot. I checked my ground and power wire connections. I'm pretty sure it's wired right in the box. I'm also pretty sure that I have the ohms correct but I could be wrong.
Someone please give me some suggestions. I don't wanna have to take it to the shop to get it fixed, money out of my pocket that I don't want to spend.
Actually I was just outside working on it and the amp isn't turning off when the volume gets turned up, the subs themselves are turning off but the amp stays on?
if the amp is a mono amp you dont have to wire it like a two channel. you only have to use 1 posotive slot and one negative. Also how did you set your gain? really hope you dont have the gain all the way up because that will do it. check to see if the speaker wires inside of the box are tight and not coming loose lower your gain. thats all i can suggest. hope that helps a little
Actually, I took it somewhere to get inspected and they said that I wired everything right. But the amp is trying to draw too much power from the battery when I turn it up really loud and it can't draw enough power to go that loud cus my capacitor sucks so I need a bigger one.
You definetly do not need a capacitor. What size wiring(power and ground) are you using for your amp? And how are your subs wired up? It could be to a .5 ohm load since they are both 2ohm dvc.