need help amp overheated!
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From: Mesa
Another thing you may want to check is your ground, power and remote turn on leads.
A poor ground can cause the amp circuitry to think that it is seeing an extreme low impedance load to the speakers due to voltage and current not staying within the designed paramters of the amp. Ditto with the power lead.
The turn on lead will cause obvious issues if not making a good connection.
My first thought is that you are seeing a wiring issue (power ground, turn-on lead, speaker wire grounding, etc..). However, you could also have an amp that worked well when ambient was 60-75 degrees - but does not like higher temps of spring (bad amp).
You could also have bad coil in one of your speakers that is over-heating and creating a high-load situation on the amp?
A poor ground can cause the amp circuitry to think that it is seeing an extreme low impedance load to the speakers due to voltage and current not staying within the designed paramters of the amp. Ditto with the power lead.
The turn on lead will cause obvious issues if not making a good connection.
My first thought is that you are seeing a wiring issue (power ground, turn-on lead, speaker wire grounding, etc..). However, you could also have an amp that worked well when ambient was 60-75 degrees - but does not like higher temps of spring (bad amp).
You could also have bad coil in one of your speakers that is over-heating and creating a high-load situation on the amp?
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Originally posted by whiteGoKart39
the amp is not hot at all.
the amp is not hot at all.
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yeah, if it is thermally shutting down, that thing should be very hot to the touch right before and right after it shuts down...
so, if it isn't hot, it sounds like you've got other issues...
check all your connections and use a meter to check to see if you're going to ground somewhere you shouldn't, to see if you have a good power supply, or to see if you have an unusual resistance across your speakers.
so, if it isn't hot, it sounds like you've got other issues...
check all your connections and use a meter to check to see if you're going to ground somewhere you shouldn't, to see if you have a good power supply, or to see if you have an unusual resistance across your speakers.
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guys, i just want to thank all you for the posts!!!
i went to the shop and got it fixed. At first the guy was trying to say my Amp is bad, but i told him about the wiring (what i have read from all your posts) then i got him to take everything apart to check!
the problem was that the speaker is having contact w/ the dynamat?!?? but anyways thank you all for the help!! you guys r great!
i went to the shop and got it fixed. At first the guy was trying to say my Amp is bad, but i told him about the wiring (what i have read from all your posts) then i got him to take everything apart to check!
the problem was that the speaker is having contact w/ the dynamat?!?? but anyways thank you all for the help!! you guys r great!
. You can always put a little piece of heat shrink on the speaker terminals to protect against this.
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