amp problem

boostinss · Post by **boostinss** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 1:17 am

So my amp has been working fine for the past 6 months but for about a week now when i power on the amp a red light shows and then after about 6sec the light turns off and the amp shuts down. Whats suposed to happen is the red light turns to a green light. but now it just shuts off..i checked all the wiring and even regrounded it but nothing helped..what could be wrong?

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 1:30 am

sounds likes ou blew the amp....the red light mostly means its in protect mode. what could have caused it is pushing your amp too hard, or not setting the gain up correctly.

boostinss · Post by **boostinss** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 1:36 am

that cannot be right because i have my amp set all the way on low....

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 1:43 am

05neonsxt wrote:that cannot be right because i have my amp set all the way on low....

well than what amp model and sub model are you using? and what did you wire the subs down to what ohm?

drjeffreys · Post by **drjeffreys** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 1:51 am

check all wiring.. again.. and again.. my amp jus did same thing tonight.. every once in a while a ground pops out or something :S.. so much folding seat up and down

boostinss · Post by **boostinss** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 9:59 am

well im just remebering that my amp holds 4 Fuses and i lent one fuse to my friend about 4 months ago so now it only has 3 fuses....so maybe that could be it or maybye i popped a fuse..i never checked that...im going to buy some new fuses and re check all the wiring and see if that will help.

boostinss · Post by **boostinss** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:47 am

damnt nothing worked....it makes like a hissing sound when the light changes from red to off...

goddamnt looks like i need a new amp.

boostinss · Post by **boostinss** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 1:01 am

Anonymous User wrote:well than what amp model and sub model are you using? and what did you wire the subs down to what ohm?

power acoustic amp (2 channel)
Duel Subs

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 2:51 am

05neonsxt wrote:power acoustic amp (2 channel)
Duel Subs

well it looks like since your were only running the amp with only 3 of the 4 fuses it need. its most likely that you need a new amp.

did you try replacing all the fuses? and put in all 4 of them?

what model number is the amp?

boostinss · Post by **boostinss** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 10:07 am

Model: LT980/2
CH: 2
4ohm RMS: 220X2
2ohm RMS: 280X2
Mono RMS: 560
Bridged Max: 980

http://www.poweracoustik.com/pa2006/pro ... amp_LT.htm
(middle amp)

drivebuy · Post by **drivebuy** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 5:47 pm

sounds like a fired sub!

and if your amp was running with a fuze missing sounds like thats goosed as well

check your resisitances on your subs

Craz1000 · Post by **Craz1000** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 12:05 pm

simple disconnect the sups and see if it still dose it, if it dose disconect the RCA's see if it still dose it, if so then the amp is bad

boostinss · Post by **boostinss** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 5:04 pm

what are the RCA's?

Craz1000 · Post by **Craz1000** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 11:38 pm

teh RCA's is what connects to the low-level inputs on the amp, if you using the high-level then try that. when you disconect the input and the amp works fine 99% of the time this happens at work is the RCA's are grounding out eg/ a screw going though them

NiteHawk · Post by **NiteHawk** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 3:35 am

your amp is fried

trust me

i have an amp here that does the exact same thing...turns on.....makes a buzzing sound.....thats it

sorry man

boostinss · Post by **boostinss** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 10:42 am

is there any way bestbuy could fix it if i took it back to them?

NiteHawk · Post by **NiteHawk** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 1:32 pm

no. bestbuy doesnt fix amps, they only replace. if you amp has a warantee, you can get it replaced for likely, no cost...

Craz1000 · Post by **Craz1000** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 6:32 pm

yea if you got the 4 year plan or its within 30-days theyll replace it, we dont fix amps we actually have a seperate part of the company that we ship things to if an item is considerd "service" like alpine amps and fosgate