Amp keeps cutting out?? PLS HELP

[Holdenboy_VS]

hey people,
i was wondering if anyone could help me with my amp problem. It works perfectly fine then cuts out, works fine, cuts out so on and so on. it sometimes dosnt even work when you just start the car so it cant be overheating although it does get fairly hot. anyone got any ideas, any help will be appreciated.
thanks

[Boonz]

maybe your signal wire isnt making proper contact and cutting the power???

[les82]

check your earth connection

[Holdenboy_VS]

thanks for the replies, i should have mentioned that i've re joined all wires since this problem has been goin on for and still does it.

[Car Audio Factory Outlet]

thanks for the replies, i should have mentioned that i've re joined all wires since this problem has been goin on for and still does it.

Check the Earth for the AMP and you have proper contact with the fuse in the holder...

Have you put a multimeter on it at the amp??

[Holdenboy_VS]

nah i havnt put a multimeter on the amp..... dont really know how to use one properly lol.......... will check earth again 2morrow as well as fuse but pretty sure ther all 100%

[Car Audio Factory Outlet]

nah i havnt put a multimeter on the amp..... dont really know how to use one properly lol.......... will check earth again 2morrow as well as fuse but pretty sure ther all 100%

If you have a multimeter -- can tell you how to check it!

sounds like that it is either a trigger wire or it is earthing somewhere

Suggest that you plus a good star washer under the connector for the earth for the amp so you get a nice meaty GROUND!

Though it may be the fuse in the holder not making good connection! this is an easy one as it will cause some HEAT well a lot of heat!

What AMP is it!??

[wrx884]

i had the same problem 1nc was the fuse holder the metal casing on the lil fuse itself they kept coming loose on the ends found some decent 1ns and it hasnt done it since

[itchy pits]

is the speaker wire in to far and touching the speaker basket or ya ohms are all wrong
i was trying to run a dule 4 ohm 12'' sub off a amp that could run a dule 2 ohm sub and getting beefy bass but it was giving a signal on the mutimeter at the sub of 0 ohm which was making the amp work over time, it would over heat and a safety thing would shut it off

thats what i understand from what was happening to mine, but im prolly way off
theres heaps of things to consider, even a screw that holds a speaker could be touching the body of the car

[garfa]

signal on the mutimeter at the sub of 0 ohm which was making the amp work over time

could 've 'ave found 'ze anzswer to zie uni-verse? (in a german-genius accent)

[Holdenboy_VS]

cheers for the replies guys, this afternoon i have moved the earth to a new position and fiddled around with the fuse and holder..... left the player on for about 10mins n was runnin fine but will see tomorrow after the drive to work n back whether or not it'll cut out.......

[Holdenboy_VS]

well it still keeps cutting out........ ive pushed the fuse holder thigy's together so its a tighter fit and still nuthn.... any more ides???

[Car Audio Factory Outlet]

well it still keeps cutting out........ ive pushed the fuse holder thigy's together so its a tighter fit and still nuthn.... any more ides???

NEW AMP!!

[wrx884]

try new fuse holder i tried that with mine and didnt fix it got a distrubution fuse block instead and i havent looked back since

[Holdenboy_VS]

dont have the money for a new one jus yet.... but i do need another one for my 2x10''s.... that are waiting to go in

[jrod]

if u read my posts from the other day you'll see that i had problems with my amp working, it ended up being the fuse but i couldn't tell for ages. It looked fine and the resistance across it was zero. It ended up being a blown one, but right on the end where u couldnt see, and cause it didn't blow completely it still gave zero resisance when i tested it. The only reason i found it was cause i tested the voltage across the amp, when it was running there was only 1 volt across it. It's unlikely you've got the same problem, but it's worth a look

[Burnout_bro]

mine did the exact same thing got it checked out today and they said ur amp is ****ed and it was only 2 weeks old, never buy a ****ty amp lol