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new amp and conponets, now amp gets really hot

1.7K views 16 replies 9 participants last post by  grandpointkiller  
#1 ·
Well yesterday u decided to upgrade my highs ampand front speakers. I hook them up like my last set and cordoned reason the right front is much louder than the left front. Yeah I no they need to break in but its noticeable at low volume levels as well. Also the amp gets really hot. I just Cant seem to figure out the problem. Speakers are hooked up correctly, I'm just lost at what it could be
 
#3 ·
well i have the same issue with the sound problem, its cuz your leg covers up the driver side speakers and not the pass side. if u sit in the middle they should sound the same loudeness...

and yes like blake said, check your balance knobs on both radio and amp...
 
#4 ·
Its neither of those.right now I have it at the center and the driver side is twice as loud. It's the pass. Side that is lower so no my legs are blocking the sound
 
#7 ·
Either your wire is cracked and grounding out somewhere on the way to the amp or your amp is bad... I would say a bad wire though because its getting hot at the amp as well I wouldn't be surprised if you blow a fuse sooner or later when it just doesn't tap whatever its on and decides to stick for a little bit. I would check your speaker connections as well... Then if nothing bad amp.
 
#9 · (Edited)
Well yesterday u decided to upgrade my highs ampand front speakers. I hook them up like my last set and cordoned reason the right front is much louder than the left front. Yeah I no they need to break in but its noticeable at low volume levels as well. Also the amp gets really hot. I just Cant seem to figure out the problem. Speakers are hooked up correctly, I'm just lost at what it could be
Its neither of those.right now I have it at the center and the driver side is twice as loud. It's the pass. Side that is lower so no my legs are blocking the sound
First off, you need to decide what you issue is and incorporate the English language into your posts from now on.

What amp are you using, now? What ohm load are you placing on the amp? Have you checked your RCAs?
 
#11 ·
I hope its not the amp. Just got it yesterday. Ill check for a loose wire once I'm off work
 
#12 ·
Hook up a DMM (digital multi-meter) and like Max (trueblue) said, check the impedence of the wires going into the amp. If one speaker set is 2 ohm and the other is 4, then your wiring is at fault, or the speakers are faulty. You will need to recheck your wiring and/or hook the DMM directly to the speaker poles and check impedence there.

Higher impedence (lower OHM number) will cause an amp to put out more power at the cost of extra heat and wear and tear... if not shut it down entirely from overload.
 
#13 ·
I'd say u have a speaker wire grounded out some where also, u might want to try running a new temp wire above everything just to see if that fixes it and if it doesn't then i'd start looking at the amp and speaker.
 
#16 ·
wellit was a reversed wire. accidently hooked up the wires backwards one of the crossovers.