Jack1.6valver
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the protection light is on on both of my amps, i know it could be due to overheating etc but they've not worked for a week now! as far as i know everything is connected  anybody have any ideas on whats wrong?? any help would be much appreciated 
[Edited on 05-01-2008 by Jack1.6valver]
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scottyp1989
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check your earth is connected properly an clean as this will cause the amp to go into protection
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Jack1.6valver
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cheers,am pretty sure its connected mate, will get a proper look in the light tomorrow, any other possibilities anyone?
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antoni
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the protection light on my amp came on but only every now and then so i checked all my connections etc and it turned out were i had routed my power cable underneath the door trim, it had rubbed on a sharp part of the plastic and every now and then would touch the metal chassis and this was causing the amp to basicaly have a fit and cut all power to subs  might be worth you checking
*edit* try using a multi meter ? ( thing that checks amount of power in certain areas long day/night :rolleyes on your outputs it will help you diagnose wether its you amp thats the problem or the speakers/subs it is powering
antoni
[Edited on 05-01-2008 by kangaroojack]
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Jack1.6valver
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yeh i was thinking something along those lines, i think my mate tht was helpin me sed sumthing about a slit in the power cable on the drivers side trim! il find tht first and see wot happens! thought it mite have been something more serious cheers boys
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andyc1234
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if you have managed to fry an amp it will just be on protection mode constantly no matter what you do
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Jack1.6valver
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eeeeek wot wud have caused me to fry it ?
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antoni
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pushing the amp to far, as in powering a sub or speaker that can handle more than the limit of the amp will cause it to over heat and maybe malfunction, could even be a power surge if the fuses used are not of the correct size, or the amp might be getting on a bit and packed in
i have personaly only killed on amp and that was a cheap amp i bought to tide me over untill a better one could be bought and it gave up the ghost whilst listening to the new dj zinc cd
you get what you pay for with amps
antoni
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paul.mitchell1984
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iv never fried an amp an run them at full or 3/4 full power at high volumes, as said make sure its bare metal on your earth no paint etc make sure none of the cableds have oxidised (sp) ie gone a different colour to the new cable if that makes sense ie if cable is gold make sure its gold not grey black
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