building a stereo an hav sum ?'s

[bigblue]

I have all my wiring ran to my amp (600, 4 channel jensen) and I'm running a 700 watt pyramid. the problem I'm running into is that the amp isnt getting enough power, my question is would getting a capacitor help at all? and if not what are my options? thanx 4 all the help

[spoon accord]

did you try bridging it? that will always give you more bump and if its a 2/3/4 channel amp make sure its set on 2 with the bass boost on and frequencys 80-85

[spoon accord]

a capacitor will help the power and dimming of headlights.. but does the bass start out strong and dim down after a minute or two. if so you could get a capacitor.. but try bridging it first///

[bigblue]

kuz what will happen is it will hit good a few times and then send the amp in to protect. I though I had bad wiring sum where so I first put my DMM on the power wire and got full voltage, I then checked my ground which was fine. I noticed it would only kill when I got it so loud so I sat back and watched the light. it would go to protect (red) then die out and come back to green, repeat process. I'll try putting it on 2 and 80. hopefully it wurx, thanx 4 the help

[bigblue]

didnt wurk, just made it go into protect even quicker than b4. so would a cap be able to store enough energy to power the stereo while the car recharges it? or would I just be better off finding a high output alternator?

[cb_reality]

are all your wires wired correctly? and are in the right place? that's happened to me before, so i checked all of my wires and some were not plugged right and in the wrong place.

[bigblue]

Right now, I'm thinkin bout breaking it all down and re running all the wires. my main worry was that there was a possible cut in the power wire but when I used a "jumper" wire I tried it at the posi batt end to the amp 1st and then the nega batt to the amp, but it still kept cutting out. The thought hey maybe my amp is toast but pulled it out and it ran fine so its not the amp. all that leaves is my inputs, speaker wires and remote. if remote was bad itd juz turn it off. But could the inputs hav a possible short and send it in2 protect?

[clarksterdotcom]

need to know more info on your entire setup. subs, amps, h/u, and either pics of your wiring into amps and subs or good desc.

at first glance sounds like your subs are pulling more than your amp is willing to give up, so it clips or protects..

[floored]

your subs wireed to a an ohm that youre amp cant handle.... like the amp mayy not be 2ohm stable while your subs are wired @ 2ohms

[bigblue]

I'll try to get sum pix, but lets say that the ohm diff is the actual problem, how would u go about equalizing the ohms?

[dbsharp]

well lets say you have 2 4 ohm subs. if you take the positive on one sub and connect it to your amp and the negitive on the other sub and connect it to your amp and then connect the negitve on the first sub to the positive on the second sub you have created 8 ohms of resistance at the amp's terminals. now if you hook up the positive on both subs to one terminal and the negitive on both subs to one terminal you have created a 2 ohm load at the amp's terminals. the first wiring setup is call series and the second wiring setup is caled parralel. tell us exactly what you have, and we can probibly tell you what to do.

[Maple50175]

I say you get some better equipment.

[bigblue]

I dnt hav a camera right now, the wiring is in series. in a bridge to the rear 2 channels. the wiring is correct, and there is no cuts in the wiring so there is no shot to ground. I've done stereos b4 but it's been like 3 years since I did them. With the ohm difference though, is there anyway to equalize it by inserting a resistor in the line as needed?

[bigblue]

ok my amp is at a constant 4 ohms even bridged, and tomorrow I will check my sub with my dmm at skool and see how many ohms that is. kuz I think if the sub is like at 2 ohms then if I insert a 2 ohm resistor then it will up the ohms to 4 allowing it to be powered with ouut the protect kicking on. thankz for all the help

[hondapowered91]

my suggestion

my suggestion is to get a new amp cuz i've had problems with those Jensen amps i blew 3 in a week and i've been installing systems since 6th grade and even had a professional shop check em out and said it was defective amps. but that's just my opinion