i have a kenwood 300 watt and jl W0's 10 inch.... well when im playing my music the amp likes to cut off and it makes a thump thump thump sound when i have a song on pause.. when the amp cuts off its not even hot at all and i play it for 10 minutes and it does this.. i think its either my speaker wire or wires to close to each other, maybe i need new power cable and stuff or it might be my rca's.. i just need new ones... any ideas let me know

allegrini_35

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Swez on 03/27/2003 16:51:19
Hard to say for sure.... but it sounds like your amp may be going into protect mode here.

The JL sub, is that a DVC or SVC version? Are you using 1 or more subs here? If more than 1 sub, how are the subs wired together and to the amp?

If a single SVC, then I assume it is a 4 ohm sub. This means you can bridge the amp and wire the 4 ohm sub to the bridged amp. Keep your gain controls below 50% of max or you might fry the sub. Use the bass boost control sparingly. (+3-6dB boost max.)

If using 2 or more JL subs, wiring them properly to amp is a must.

If using 2 or more JL's in parallel, you may have a 2 or 1.3 ohms load here. If that Kenwood is a 2 channel amp and you bridge it to MONO mode... it will not function properly as it cannot take ohm loads below 4 ohms when bridged.

Also, double check all power/ground wiring and RCA's for tight, solid connections.

Can you expand on exactly what amp and how many subs are used here?

Swez

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