Amp Power Light Flashing

AustinR9109 · 03-02-2008, 12:50 AM

I installed my subs, amp, and a new deck myself and everything was working fine for about 2 weeks until today my subs stopped working. the deck works fine and the amp has a strong power light when i start the car but it soon starts flashing a faded light. I checked the power cable and it was fine, the remote wires were fine, and the sires into the subs were also fine. I have no idea what it might be. Any help would be much appreciated.

**jaggerwild** · 03-02-2008, 01:02 PM

Fuse to the amp positive post? Proper ground?

AustinR9109 · 03-02-2008, 06:15 PM

Yeah the ground is still secure, the fuse on the amp and the fuse on the power cable are both still good. i called a tech support company and they said maybe the battery is getting too strained and starting to drain? but i got the battery within the past 2 months and my alternator is working fine so i doubt that. Any advice?

**jaggerwild** · 03-10-2008, 06:42 PM

The Amp is going into lock up........... not sure why maybe te way the subs are wired?

BUDFAN8 · 03-11-2008, 03:39 PM

try removeing the ground and resecureing it. make sure its in a spot where there is no paint.

i had a similar problem once if i remember correctly(its been many years ago) i had to go to a bigger gauge ground wire.

theitdetails · 03-21-2008, 03:45 PM

Quickest way to test if it's your amp is to borrow someone else's real quick. Sounds like your amp is going into protect mode. This could be from too much heat/distortion ruining the amp. vibrations from the bass, not a good ground/power source which leads to low voltage to the amp.

ChemicalAfinity · 05-12-2008, 04:09 AM

it may be that your battery/car isnt providing enough power to your amplifier, what size system is yours and what sorta car do you have?? the only real way to overcome this is to get capacitor, this device will store up power from your car, and if the battery power drops, it will keep a continous ammount of power to the amp.

RIGHTE0US · 05-13-2008, 12:49 AM

if you have the amp set to stereo and the speakers(subs) wired mono, you're tripping the protect mechanism in the amp...or vica versa on the amp switch mono/stereo

03-02-2008, 12:50 AM	#1 (permalink)
AustinR9109 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 2 OS: Windows XP	Amp Power Light Flashing I installed my subs, amp, and a new deck myself and everything was working fine for about 2 weeks until today my subs stopped working. the deck works fine and the amp has a strong power light when i start the car but it soon starts flashing a faded light. I checked the power cable and it was fine, the remote wires were fine, and the sires into the subs were also fine. I have no idea what it might be. Any help would be much appreciated.

03-02-2008, 01:02 PM	#2 (permalink)
jaggerwild TSF Gearhead (Audio) Join Date: May 2007 Location: NY Posts: 838 OS: Windows XP32 bit/Vista HB 64bit My System	Re: Amp Power Light Flashing Fuse to the amp positive post? Proper ground? __________________ Please if you need help, start a new thread with questions only after reading the first few sticky's up top. http://www.techsupportforum.com/auto...ter/car-audio/ A Link for Viper alarm owners http://www.directed.com/Support/Prod...es/Owners.aspx

03-02-2008, 06:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
AustinR9109 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 2 OS: Windows XP	Re: Amp Power Light Flashing Yeah the ground is still secure, the fuse on the amp and the fuse on the power cable are both still good. i called a tech support company and they said maybe the battery is getting too strained and starting to drain? but i got the battery within the past 2 months and my alternator is working fine so i doubt that. Any advice?

03-10-2008, 06:42 PM	#4 (permalink)
jaggerwild TSF Gearhead (Audio) Join Date: May 2007 Location: NY Posts: 838 OS: Windows XP32 bit/Vista HB 64bit My System	Re: Amp Power Light Flashing The Amp is going into lock up........... not sure why maybe te way the subs are wired? __________________ Please if you need help, start a new thread with questions only after reading the first few sticky's up top. http://www.techsupportforum.com/auto...ter/car-audio/ A Link for Viper alarm owners http://www.directed.com/Support/Prod...es/Owners.aspx

03-11-2008, 03:39 PM	#5 (permalink)
BUDFAN8 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 205 OS: XP	Re: Amp Power Light Flashing try removeing the ground and resecureing it. make sure its in a spot where there is no paint. i had a similar problem once if i remember correctly(its been many years ago) i had to go to a bigger gauge ground wire.

03-21-2008, 03:45 PM	#6 (permalink)
theitdetails Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Indiana Posts: 13 OS: WIN Vista Home Premium	Re: Amp Power Light Flashing Quickest way to test if it's your amp is to borrow someone else's real quick. Sounds like your amp is going into protect mode. This could be from too much heat/distortion ruining the amp. vibrations from the bass, not a good ground/power source which leads to low voltage to the amp.

05-12-2008, 04:09 AM	#7 (permalink)
ChemicalAfinity Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 108 OS: Apple Mac OS X 10.5; Windows Server 2003	Re: Amp Power Light Flashing it may be that your battery/car isnt providing enough power to your amplifier, what size system is yours and what sorta car do you have?? the only real way to overcome this is to get capacitor, this device will store up power from your car, and if the battery power drops, it will keep a continous ammount of power to the amp.

05-13-2008, 12:49 AM	#8 (permalink)
RIGHTE0US Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Central NY Posts: 350 OS: VISTA/XP PRO SP2/HOME/ME/LINUX	Re: Amp Power Light Flashing if you have the amp set to stereo and the speakers(subs) wired mono, you're tripping the protect mechanism in the amp...or vica versa on the amp switch mono/stereo