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Old 05-12-2008, 07:00 PM   #1 (permalink)
Amp turning on and off
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For some reason my amp will turn on and off randomly, I recently rewired my system so that no wires would be showing. But now this problem happens, my amp will lose its power but the cap stays on while listening to a song.

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Anyone have any idea why?
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Old 05-12-2008, 08:49 PM   #2 (permalink)
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same problem, i couldnt believe it but it was my ground, give it a wiggle and see

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For some reason my amp will turn on and off randomly, I recently rewired my system so that no wires would be showing. But now this problem happens, my amp will lose its power but the cap stays on while listening to a song.

Bassworx 500W RMS Sub
MTX Thunder 600W RMS
4 Gauge Wiring Kit
1 Farad Cap

Anyone have any idea why?
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Old 05-13-2008, 04:46 PM   #3 (permalink)
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For some reason my amp will turn on and off randomly, I recently rewired my system so that no wires would be showing. But now this problem happens, my amp will lose its power but the cap stays on while listening to a song.

Bassworx 500W RMS Sub
MTX Thunder 600W RMS
4 Gauge Wiring Kit
1 Farad Cap

Anyone have any idea why?
well if it worked fine before and doesn't now... it is probably the wiring. It could be the positive or ground line and as Scy5 mentioned do a wiggly-jiggly to find out which it is. It could also be your remote turn on line and that is probably loose or was damaged and needs splicing. basically we have all done this to ourselves sooner or later and sadly more than once too
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Old 05-16-2008, 10:51 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Ground had a bit of dust with it somehow, dusted that off, it worked for a bit. I still have the problem though, sometimes it won't be on for long periods of time, sometimes it will. I noticed though when I'm turning while driving, it will turn back on again. Theres also a hissing noise coming from the amp, where all wires are plugged in.

Could it be a problem with the amp itself? Although I don't see how it could have something gone wrong, the hissing never happened before.

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Old 05-16-2008, 01:32 PM   #5 (permalink)
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OK now you have given some information that can help...
the amp cycles on/off during a turn! Did it change as you were jiggling the wires on the outside of the amp? a wire (speaker, power, RCA, or the turn on wire could be loose or pinched) again the wiggly jiggly should tell which it is. DONT FORGET the sub, if the wire connected at the woofer (in the box) is loose or was pinched the sub could be making partial contact and that could sound like the amp is cutting on and off. If the AMP is cycling on and off there is probably a momentary cut off period (one or two seconds) and then the amp will fire back up

The amp may not be cycling on and off you may be loosing signal from the RCA or the speaker connections.

ALL the above are free fixes (that is these are the failures you want because they generally are not dangerous and they are free to fix). Once you have completed this testing (be thorough) then you are left with a fault in the amps internals (you might recall doing something violent to the RCA input or to a speaker output).

I dont know what could be making a hissing sound?
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Old 05-16-2008, 04:16 PM   #6 (permalink)
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I had the same problem with my Xtant. It turned out it was a bad solder on the electrical input. I took it into a shop and the fix cost me something like $25
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