What in the hell?

[smgreen20]

Ok, it did this last Nov and hasn't done it again untill today. Driving along w/the volume cranked, as I was only going 3 miles down the road, and the amps shut off. As most all here know, I have a PG ZPA0.3 running a set of Dynaudio System 240 MKII's at 150 wrms each side (300 wrms total) and a PG ZPA0.5 to a single TREO SSi10.44 sub wired to 2 ohms mono on the 0.5 set to 900 wrms (for a grand total of 1200 wrms) and the rear stock speakers running off of the Pioneer P980BT HU, for the kids only. The rear speakers, powered by the HU were still playing but that's it. Which leads me to a few things. 1, I have a PG 140 ampere curcuit breaker, that's damn near shot, which I think could be or IS the problem. 2, remote wire on the HU is doing something funky. All connections are secure, 2 guage PG power wire to a distro then into 4 guage Memphis power wire (for the Orange color) and 2 guage PG Ground wire. I feel that it's the Curcuit breaker being so old it's not fully doing its job and that the voltage drops because of it and the amps shut off. I have a 130 ampere alt and have done the big 3 w/4 Guage PG wire and an Optima Yelloy top battery. I'm looking for other possabilities, so please,if you happen to think of some, please tell.

[mr tibbs]

I think your on the right track with the circuit breaker. I think you have to look at what would cause both amps to cut out at the same time. Do you have a grounding block that could come loose or are the amps grounded seperatley?

[smgreen20]

Both amps shutting off at the same time is why I look at the remote or the circuit breaker as the fualt. Both amps run to a ground distro block. All conections are good.

[stipud]

Only way I can think of checking is by hooking up a voltmeter to your amps power terminals. If power drops to 0v when it shuts off, it is your breaker, otherwise it is the remote.

You can also try running a short wire from the power lead to the remote wire, and bypass it that way. Then if it doesn't cut out it is likely the remote.

[smgreen20]

Will try the bypassing of the remote wire on Tues. Good point. Some of the simple things are always the hardest to find.