ttocs wrote:how hot does it get when it goes down?

It does it from the get go, as soon as you turn it on. It does not have time to get hot.

yes, nothing hooked up. i'm just rying to isolate the problem a bit. weather its the amp, or just that load on the amp. sounds like we already have a good idea what the answer will be though :( It does the same thing I think. Its hard to tell though because with nothing connected to it you can't te...

Bfowler wrote:so you never mentioned how the amp reacts to a different driver, or no load at all

I connected it to 2 15" audiobahn drivers and it did the same thing. It does not matter if its brideged or stereo. When you say no load at all, do you mean no speakers connected to it at all?

the w7 is a 3ohm sub so maybe its having a hard time with the load? my wife's car is currently running an 8w7 from a zx400ti and it works very well. i notice little, if any, difference in this subs performance between the zx400ti and the ti600.2 what size sub is connected your son's amp? :hmm: Its ...

Try turning the xover pots back and forth several times and try again. I believe the pots can corrode over time and the amp then exhibits similar problems to what you're describing, if I recall correctly. Thats the first thing I tried, It made no difference. I finished putting all new caps in and i...

The signal just drops out. The amp does not go into protect. There are 3 red LED's on the board that come on when it works and shut back off when its not working. I think the LED's should be on all the time but I'm not sure because I'm not familiar with this amp. I have tried the amp in 2 different ...

My son just bought an old used zx400ti that is doing something kind of strange. He has it connected to a JL w7, the bass fades in and out. With the volume low it will shut off and then all the sudden it will play for a second and then shut back off. The louder you turn it up the longer it will stay ...