protect mode.

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protect mode.

September 06, 2005, 01:03:39 AM

ok i think i may have an idea of the problem but i think i'll see what everyone else thinks.

i bridged my subs and hooked everything up. start adjusting evrything. stop for a second to listen and the subs cut off with it cranking. so i check the breaker. not poped. so i turn the radio off and back on it works. so i turned the gain down a bit and tryed that still poped. but if i dont crank it up to my normal 35 volume and keep it to say 30-32 it's good . so i think it may be that i need a conector for the 8ga wire on the amp. or i have to check the 4ga. crimps. and add soder. i think it's starving for power and turning them off. or it's the gage speaker wire. maybe i should try bigger?

by the way. 4ga from the batt. to a distobution block split to 8gage. and same as ground. 2 8 gage. to a block and a 4 gage ground.

whatch ya think ??.

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Reply #1 – September 06, 2005, 01:43:31 AM

What type of subs and amp are you running?

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Reply #2 – September 06, 2005, 08:26:40 AM

Sounds like it's starving for voltage to me. I'd suggest a capacitor. A big capacitor. It would be able to supply a boost during peak demand.

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Reply #3 – September 06, 2005, 11:12:07 AM

yeah that and a bigger alt.

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Reply #4 – September 06, 2005, 11:53:39 AM

Before buying a bigger alt, your best bet may be to upgrade the stock wiring under the hood if it is actually shutting off due to voltage drops. This explains it better than I could...
http://forum.sounddomain.com/forum/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=5;t=007801
I have yet to do that to my car, but I do plan on it.

I'm still curious though what amps and subs you are running and how many watts you are pulling. If it were voltage drops that was causing it I figured you'd have mentioned your lights were dimming as well.

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Reply #5 – September 06, 2005, 06:02:45 PM

ok well i have 2 pioneer 10's with a 1000 watt amp (legacy) for the subs only briged to one channel. . the car does have a 130 alt. so thats allready done. i was also thinking a cap. . i also belive the ground is the culprit. bc it was kind of loose. so im gonna run a bigger bolt to tighten that up. i have never had this many problems with one car. but so far all can be fixed and corrected.

i think im gonna run an extra ground wire from the batt. to sway bar mounts and to the block. to make sure if any grounds are old/broken and just age the car will have new grounds.