My amplifier is shutting down when I'm turning up the volume and hiiting a deep bass.?

Question

I have an 800 watts amplifier, an 800 watts subwoofer and a 1.2 farad capacitor. The amplifier will shut down when I turn up the volume and when it's hitting a deep bass. Do I have enough power from the capacitor?

Answer 1

Sounds like you don't. You might need a separate battery for your sound system. Alot of people with that much power do that. If you keep driving with that much of a strain you are likely to blow your alternator.

Answer 2

Try adding a crossover or higher guage cables

Answer 3

The capacitor does not create any power, it only stores it. The power source is your alternator. Adding a second battery will not help, just more strain on your weak alternator. Also what gauge wire are you using for power, if it is a smaller gauge you may want to upgrade it. The "Big Three" should be considered too.

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This could also be a problem with the gain, you might not have it set correctly, or  too high.

Answer 4

I think you have just experienced what is commonly known as "clipping". Your amplifier manual may have a brief explanation as to what it is but from my experience in this occurrence, it has to do with the amount of electric current running through your cables and wires that tend to overwhelm the amps capacitors therefore temporarily shutting down the system. As someone had suggested earlier, perhaps a higher gauge cable or an all together more powerful amp. Hope this helped.

Answer 5

My question is why do you need anything that loud in your car?  Are you TRYING to go deaf?  Turn it down.  

Either do that or don't try to exceed the capacity of the circuits, otherwise they will melt and it will catch fire.

Answer 6

If I were you, I'd check your wiring and make sure you're not wired to an impedance too low for the amp.  I'd also take out the capacitor.  Check your ground wire and make sure it's solid.  Hopefully your wiring is adequate.  Also, check your voltage at the amp.  If it's dropping too much, it's time for a new alternator.  I'd definitely get a high output alternator if you're going to keep on with car audio.  peace.