i just bought an apline mrp-m650 amp and hooked it up to a 12inch alpine type r, when i turn the volume up and it starts hitting hard there is no sound from the sub, its like it shuts off only the amp is still on. y is it doing this??
the amp looks like its turned on normal when it happens but it doesnt produce any sound the the gain is a little under half,when it happens i can just turn the head unit off and turn it back on and it works again untill i turn the volume back up this is how the sub is wired is that 4 ohm because i would like 2ohm (sorry kinda new to this) the amp has 8 gauge power and ground wire with a 60amp fuse (i think) on the power
Are you sure your sub is dual 4 ohm or dual 2 ohm??? take it out and make sure From that diagram it is wired to a 2 ohm load
dual 2 ohm?if its wired like the digram you have it wired in to a 1ohm load. thats why its cutting off.its going into protect
ya its a dual 2ohm how should i wire it then?... im looking all over and i cant find how to wire a dual 2ohm sub to a mono 2ohm amp
There is NO WAY you can wire it to 2 ohms...sorry bud You can either use one coil which will lower power handling about 20 percent or wire it to 4 ohms by wiring the coils in series
yeah you can only get a 1ohm or 4ohm load from that sub. wire a + from one coil to the - of the other coil and hook the other +and- to your amp.that will give you a 4 ohm load.
the amp will push 400watts into a 4ohm load and 600watts into a 2 ohm load.so you may notice a decrease. tell us what happens when you rewire it.
difference of 400 watts from 600 watts is not going to be that noticeable...but it WILL be not as loud...just not really noticeably quieter
prolly not an audible difference that you can hear...maybe a trained ear could be able to tell but who cares
ok thats good... i got it wired the other way didnt listen to it to much yet but it doesnt turn off anymore so thats a good thing ill be able to see how it sounds tomarrow thanks for all the help guys i appreciate it i thought i baught a faulty amp fer a while
