Yes I was using a factory HU and just put this one in.. I did have a scosche line out converter installed with the Factory HU but when I orderd the aftermarket HU it came with another scosche wiring kit which had another (looked like line out converter) but I had my friend who owns a car audio shop swing by my house and install it while I was working today.
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Here are some pic's of the wiring to the amp and subs.. Now when I bought the Box and Subs from a member on another forum I never pulled the subs to check the wiring on the inside to see how the old owner had them wired to the sub.. But I know he was pretty audio smart so I never thought to pull the subs and check.
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normally as with anything it's always the most simple things you are over-looking so since it worked fine with no issues and then you changed the radio out that should be the issue ... the only thing i can think of is you are getting a way stronger signal now to the amp and the amp is running harder than it needs to and cutting off (this could be 2 reasons 1 your radio has a higher voltage output than your l.o.c. or 2 he's using both the loc and the radio and that would be way higher) .. your impedance (ohms) shouldn't be an issue as it ran on the stock head unit and nothing else changed where is your gain and bass boost set on your amp? |
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btw that looks awfully big for 8 ga i bet that's 4 ga |
When the amp started heating up I zero'd the amp out so nothing is turned up right now. Yeah I have a.meter ill check it today.
It might be a 4 but thought it was an 8... Whatever was the most expensive kit is the one I got.. I just looked for the biggest gauge kit they had and bought it |
He did not reuse the line out converter that was hooked up to the stock HU, that was sitting in the front seat, so he is using what came in the new wiring kit that I got for the after market HU.
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Everything looks good to me. I still say you need to check the final impedance of the subs. Just unhook the 2 speaker wires from the amp and put an ohm meter across them. Other than the amp being defective, that about the only thing that would cause it to heat up and shut off.
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Alright thanks guys
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Well I did some more tuning with the amp and HU and I think I have got it now.. I didn't realize that the Bass eq nob was turned up way to damn high on the amp.. I thought I zero'd it out along with the gain and LP filter but I guess it didn't turn..
So I turned it all the way down messed with the HU settings and the amp has not shut off all day today and the amp has not heated up like it was heating up yesterday it still gets warm but not super hot. So i'm going to keep an eye on it for the next few days and see how it does. I might take it up to my buddy who owns the car audio shop and have him take a look at it. But he his having a hell of a time right now.. When we had that flood here his shop was 12 feet under water... and he did not have flood insurance.. due to the fact his shop has been there 8 years and never even got close to flooding. I swung by this morning to help him with clean up and he is stressing pretty bad. |
Glad it's working out of you, hope it stays that way.
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