hello
today I bought a infinity 1211 amp and I want to wire it to 2 kickersolobaric l7
I want to know if this is possible because I have it hooked up right now but none of the lights come on. any ideas? is their something I need to do? ah?!?!? please help me lol

 

Im not sure if your talking about the amp light not comming on bt if so check ur remote wire and make sure its ran right.

 

if the amp isn't getting power, then either
a)bad power cable or connection somewhere
b) bad ground
c) blown fuse-check the fuse at the batt and on the amp.
d) amp is dead
e)as the other guy said, remote turn on (blue) wire isn't hooked up right.

good luck

 

allright thanks so I checked and re checked the connections and the amp power light came on and it worked for alittle but when I turned the input level up the subs cut out and now I can't get any lights to go back on what am I doing wronggg

 

ok wats the rms of the subs and wat type of amp is it?

if its not a mono block/ type d then you need one of those a 2 or 4 channell is not the best choice for 2 solarbarics

but make sure your amp puts out enough rms to handle both subs and also you should probably get capacitor i know some people have said you dont need one on these forums but trust me its not a bad investment and with what your running thats alot of power so if you throw in a cap it just might work i had that prob in my last car and then i got a cap and wala it worked awesome

thats my advice from experience plus i have done some installs in my day and i have buddies that do it for a living

 

also forgot check to see if the subs are 2 ohm or 4 ohm and make sure its hooked up to the amp right

2 ohm subs- hooked up to the amp as 2ohms and the same thing for 4 ohms


good luck cause i cant think of anything else and if you double checked wat the other guys posted im stumped

 

oh great I think I have a 4ohm sub hooked up too a 2ohm amp but I gotta double check

 

oh great I think I have a 4ohm sub hooked up too a 2ohm amp but I gotta double check

 

^ That won't hurt anything, it just means you wouldn't get as much power as the amp is capable of, but it's not a problem.

Post a link to the exact amp you have, and also to the exact subs, including voice-coil configuration. With that info, people can then inform you of the optimal way to wire the subs to the amp. It'll all work, regardless of whether the subs are 2 or 4 Ohm, SVC or DVC, and whether or not the amp is mono/stereo and what load it's stable at. There will be a wiring configuration that works, but it can't be determined w/o knowing exactly what equipment you're using.

 

hey it will affect how much power you get but the subs wont do s*** if they are 2 ohm and they are hooked up to a 4ohm all you will here is a lil thump every few secs that will make u think your subs are blown or broke so it will affect it so i dont know why your saying it will work still cause it wont 2ohm means 2 ohm not 4ohm and vise versa

 

^ WTF are you talking about? Take two 2 Ohm subs and wire them in series to get a 4 Ohm load. Take one DVC sub with 2 Ohm coils, wire them in series and you get a 4 Ohm load. Connect a 4 Ohm load to a "2 Ohm mono amp", and you simply get about half the power the amp would produce into a 2 Ohm load, but it'll function fine. There are many potential solutions to this scenario, but more info is needed, because we don't know exactly which amp & subs he's using.

 

ok whell i took out a volt meter and went to the front fuse and at the front of the fuse it was reading 14.blah balh and at the back of it it was reading 2.something so i was like wtf. swapped it out and CHEA CHEA but then i put the volume up to 15 and the subs cut out do i need a cap ?

 

you just might but since im not there i cant be for sure im sure you could find a buddy that might now or go talk to a car stereo place but a cap is never a bad thing and it sounds like it could be the problem although it could be a few other things like i said im not there caps arnt to badly priced go to circuit city and u can get a 1.2 farad and thats plenty for like 70 to 80 bucks although they are cheaper online but how long u wanna wait?

 

Well if i had the time/money i would go get one now but ill prob head over to this stero place i goto and theyll set me straight. I just wanna hit hard without the subs cutting out when i got to volume 15 i was like AHHHHHHH because i had another 15 to go

 

sounds like you are clipping.

before you permanently mess anything up, i'd take it to professionals and just be done with it.

 

The first part of your description sounds like a power issue alone, but the second part could be due to other things. Your amp shouldn't have ever started up if it's only getting 2.0 volts as you indicated. If you see 14v at the fuse by the battery, then if your system power is wired correctly, you should see about 13v at the amp. If this is in fact what you're seeing, then no, a cap won't help at all. However, this doesn't sound like your issue, because you said the amp did come on and you did get music from the subs.

If it was working fine at low volume, then they stopped working when you turned it up, then no, a cap won't help with that either. It sounds like the load of your subs may be lower than what your amp can handle (such as a 1 Ohm load on a 2 )hm stable amp, for example). In such situations, amps can often handle lower loads than they're rated for, but will go into protection mode when you turn it up.

Again, can't determine what the issue is until I know the exact model of amp and subs being used. Considering what you've written in this thread, I tend to agree with what StealthScion stated, that you should take it to a professional shop.

 

I think they are probably wired to too low of a final resistance as nodsetse is saying.

 

noo i swicthed out the fuse up front and it was reading 14. back at the amp. im almost 100% that its a power issue becaue sometimes if i have it on high and i got into neutral to stop and the rmps drop the subs let out. but once im back on the gas theyll go back on.