i have an amp problem
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i have an amp problem
i have 4 JL 12w3's and a xtant 1000.1
at about 22-24 on the volume control it cuts out and all i have is my highs amp on i turn it down for about 5 sec. and they come back on
do i need a bigger amp a second xtant amp or is the amp screwed
what is everyones theory i know i'm not the only 1 this has happen too
at about 22-24 on the volume control it cuts out and all i have is my highs amp on i turn it down for about 5 sec. and they come back on
do i need a bigger amp a second xtant amp or is the amp screwed
what is everyones theory i know i'm not the only 1 this has happen too
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Sounds like your amp is going into protection. It could be either to low of a load (what ohm are the W3's wired at?) or your not getting enough power to the amp. What guage wire are you using? It should be 4ga at a minimum along with the same size for ground.
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Probably the load as was mentioned above. If there was not evough power the thing would just clip for a whole, overheat and then shut off. Rewiring should do the trick.
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If the amp is thermaling (thermal shutdown), then heavier wiring will not help. If that is the case, it is trying to produce more current than its design will allow, usually because you've presented too low of an impedance to the amp's output transistors. The only thing that will solve this is rewiring the subs to provide a higher total equivalent impedance. See JL's website for sub configurations if you need help on how to rewire to establish a higher impedance, or check back here when you get the voice coil impedance numbers....
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Not quite. It depends on how all of the voice coils are interconnected, series or parallel, or a combination of both. If you assume they're all parallel and 4 ohms nominal, then your numbers for 1, 2 and 4 are right, but when you have 3, the resultant value is 1.33 ohms, which is basically (2) 4-ohm woofs (=2 ohms) in parallel with another 4 ohms.
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