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Amp Troubles...

Postby Snoozin » Sun Jun 19, 2005 2:00 am

Well... I've struck a wee problem with my amp. The amp in question is a Rockford Fosgate P2002 2ch amp....

What's happening, is the THERMAL light is coming on FROM STARTUP... as in, when the h/u sends signal via the remote wire, the THERMAL indicator is showing and the amp is doing... well... nothing :( After some time (between a minute and 15 minutes) the amp switches on and all is well. It is not getting at all hot - in fact it's barely getting lukewarm. It's running a 4ohm load per channel to component speakers so there shouldn't be any problems with over driving it.

So... I have checked all the obvious signs, the amp is receiving plenty of juice, around 13.8v (at idle), RCA's and speaker wires show no sign of shorting when checked with an ohm meter, and remote wire is also showing a healthy signal.

So wtf is happening???? Bung amp??? It's still under warranty so do we think I should be chasing it up?

Thanks,

Richard.
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Postby blackie » Sun Jun 19, 2005 1:47 pm

yeah maybe you should man..
is it definitely the thermal protection mode thats activating?

i had a RF punch 600.4, it didnt even go into thermal mode cranking my sub all the way to queenstown with all my gfs crap stacked on top of it :lol: :roll:
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Postby Snoozin » Sun Jun 19, 2005 1:53 pm

Definitely the thermal protection light that's showing....
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Postby toyota111 » Sat Jun 25, 2005 12:00 am

since its still under warrenty get it replaced, easy then you dont have to spend heaps of time working out the fault cause its in the amp
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Postby wildchild » Wed Sep 07, 2005 1:55 pm

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Postby Alex B » Wed Sep 07, 2005 5:22 pm

I think you should check the thred date before posting :lol:

He has got a replacement amp AFAIK
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