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Jl Audio 500/1 Car Audio Amplifier - Page 2 Questions & Answers
My amp gets shutting down after working a few
Because your amp is overheating. The transistors are attatched to the heatsink inside the amp. Alongside these transistors is a sensor that shuts down the amp when it reaches a certain temperature. A very easy repair. Clean up the old paste and add new thermal paste.
Orion amp beats hard for while, then it starts to cut in an out
It sounds like heat. If your running it at 2 ohms or 1 ohm it's going to run hot. You location is critical. If it's under a seat it may be above you catalytic converter and it will be too hot. In the past I have run a small fan that was used in boats that's compact and runs at 12 volts and in one case I used a fan similar to a computer hard drive fan that I found at radio shack that was 12 volts. Also your alternator will become taxed as more heat is developed during driving. Heat lowers the out put amperage of any alternator and will start to cause the amp to cut out. I also use at least a 10 gauge or larger power supply wire for the amp that's fused no more than 8 inches from the battery. The ground should be just as large and the ground point clean. I always use dialectric greas on all connectins to prevent corrsion.
Amp shuts off.
check the connection of power connection and the remote connection tone amp,you can check also you inside by using your hand ,turn on the amp and wiggle it the power connection parts.
Amp turns on but no output
1 make sure its hocked up properly .2 see i if the protection comes on.. with out the speaker wires hocked up if it does the u have a bad amp.3 if the amp protection light is off with out the speaker being hocked up and after hocking up the speaker it comes on the u have bad wiring to your speaker or a bad speaker
Power but no sound
If you want to repair it ,Take it to some one that no what in the hell there doing,
How should I wire my 3 subs to the 500/1 amp???????
First of all how many ohm's are each subwoofer rated at . Are the subwoofers dual voice coil or single voice coil. Once I know that I can help you. I think the JL amp is not recommended below a 2ohm load.
Speaker connections
This is a single channel amp that puts out about the same power at 4 Ohms or 2 Ohms. If you have two 4 Ohm single voice coil subs, then wire them parallel (both pos and both neg) to achieve 2 ohms. If you have two dual 4 Ohm voive coils, you want to do a series - parallel config to get to 4 Ohms (voice coils in series, then parallel the subs). Same with DVC 2 Ohm subs, series parallel = 2 Ohms. Do NOT go below two Ohms. You will blow the amp (actually, it'll do 1.5 Ohms). If you happen to have 2 Ohm single voice coil subs (not as likely) run them in series. Most amps will put out about twice as much power at 2 Ohms vs. 4, but this amp is designed to put out about the same. Hope this helps!
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