kicker 1500 hooked up to bl 12 at 2 ohms. amp goes straight to protect

[zmoney91 0]

hi all. i have a bl 12 at dual 2 hooked up to a kicker 1500zx mono amp. its all hooked up correctly yet when i turn my car on the amp goes straight to protection.

any thoughts on why it might be doing this?

the only two problems i can think of is that my inline is a few volts low of the requierments, or the fact that i have 4 gauge wire and might need 0 gauge?

the volts from the battery are only short by about .5 volts.

any input or advice would be well appreciated!!!

[BanginGMC 23]

hows your voltage when system on blast

[jcarter1885 995]

Your title says your at 2 ohms, then your post reads dual 2 ohms. Hopefully you have a D1 BL wired in series to 2 ohms:

[zmoney91 0]

hows your voltage when system on blast

the voltage is the same and everything runs fine.

[zmoney91 0]

Your title says your at 2 ohms, then your post reads dual 2 ohms. Hopefully you have a D1 BL wired in series to 2 ohms:

sorry i haave a dual 2 bl and the amp is 2 ohm stable...

could it be that my subs wired wrong?

im kind of a noob at this stuff :/

[jcarter1885 995]

If you have your sub wired like this then yes it is an issue:

Wire your sub like this until you can get a 1 ohm stable amp that will push the BL:

[zmoney91 0]

If you have your sub wired like this then yes it is an issue:

Wire your sub like this until you can get a 1 ohm stable amp that will push the BL:

alright will do!! thank you for the help!!

[jcarter1885 995]

Not a problem, if you need any other help or if you're unsure of something come here and post.

[Kanaworm$ 292]

[Sir-Lancelot 216]

Yup, I bet you have it wired too low for that amp.

YOu need dual 1 coils or 1ohm stable power.

[KU40 173]

Yep, you got the wrong coils on the sub I'm afraid. You'll only be sending the sub 750 watts with the coils wired in series.

[Julian 641]

the kicker amps are only able to godown to 2 ohms i believe

[zmoney91 0]

Yea exactly julian, so if I have dual 2 on my sub shouldn't I be able to get the full 1500 since the amp is at 2 ohms?

[shizzzon 461]

no because a d2 sub can ONLY be wired at 1 or 4 ohm.

To run it at 2 ohms, u would need 2 amps, one ran to EACH coil.

I'd only recommend doin that for burps but i know that's not your intentions.

A dual 1 or Dual 4 ohm sub is what's needed for 2 ohm wiring with that amp for max safe output.