alright fella to start off i have molested this web sites search engine an still looking for a solution.

91 integra single 10" sub jensen amp basic.so anyway driving one day suddenly amp falls into protection mode, and sub make a low bump every... 10 seconds. i have checked all wires running to and from amp, as well as made new ground(but in same location) checked all wires from head unit. etc.

another thing i noticed when it makes that.... bump....bump.. this lights ALL slightly dim, it also does that when i hit the brake at idel(with amp disconected)


any tip would be great.. thanks in advance

 

Well, the lights dimming is voltage, or lack of. At idle the alt. is putting out little voltage and thats when you will notice voltage drops (dimming lights, etc). For testing the amp, remove the speaker lead from the amplifier and see what it does, if it goes into protect with the sub disconnected, you most likely have a amp issue. Let us know what you find.

Kirk R

 

alright so i completly uninstalled every thing. re installed it leaving the amp flat down on the carpet. still in protection mode, when i disconnect the speaker wires doesnt change.

 

Meter the voltage at the battery with the car on and off to see if there is any voltage change. Also meter the voltage from the alternator to see if it is putting out 14v. If everything checks out fine my guess is that you may have a bad amp.

 

will heres some parts you need to add. Add a cap. Cap are mesured in frad 1 frad for every 1000 watts. Doing this also reqiured you to charge your battery cause u had ran the battery close to low enough to drive not enough to work alot of electronics. Your putting to much strain on the altnator happened to me before cap is to pervent that to happen.

 

forget a cap. garbage imo. 1st do your big3(theres a sticky) if its still having severe voltage drops replace your batt. with a deepcell(kinetik,optima, ect.) then if you really wanna keep your volts up get a high output alt.