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 Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 6:14 pm |
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Hi I didn't use my car for 3 weeks and when I started to use it again my my subwoofer keeps powering up then turning off constantly just wondering if any one know what could cause this
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Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 4:12 am |
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Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
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| Smokey206 wrote: |
| Hi I didn't use my car for 3 weeks and when I started to use it again my my subwoofer keeps powering up then turning off constantly just wondering if any one know what could cause this |
How is it normally supposed to come on= Via the remote turn on wire from the HU or via switched +12V (ignition)?
Either way, it could be an intermittent connection on this line, an intermittent connection on the +12V line to the sub/amp (always suspect any glass tube (AGU?) fuse if you've got that inline), or something internal to the amp causing it to go in/out of protection.
Get a voltmeter and monitor the power feed and turn on signal while it turns on/off and see if that gives any clues.
Also check any wiring from amp to sub for stray coper strands that may cause shorts on the load side of the amp.
None of these should be caused merely from standing, but that might just be coincidental. Possibly water/moisture got in somewhere it shouldn't...
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Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 8:09 am |
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Yer I've just checked my amp and it had little bits of water on it so water must be getting in some were
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Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 5:32 am |
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It's called 'motorboating', it may well be caused by the following process:
1) +ve is given to the remote i/p as usuall to the amp which switches it on.
2) Amp now draws current being powered-up which causes a drop in voltage of the battery which is weak.
3) Remote voltage is now not-enough and the amp thinks it's being switched-off.
4) Now there is no current being drawn (amp off) the voltage rises slightly again, and so-on..
Check battery while you're at it and dry the whole thing.
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