Help, amp cut out!

[Cliche Guevara]

I'm running the basic LukeBox setup right now, Infinity 10" sub and the Jensen amp. Driving home today the amp just cut out. The Jensen has a little base dial that sits below the CD player. Normally there's a little green light next to it, but when the amp cut out it turned red. Obviously the first thing I checked were the fuses, and they were fine. Upon doing so I noticed that the amp was really quite hot to the touch, which has me pretty worried...

So... did I fry my amp?

[German Audio Specialties]

Should not be that hot.

First thang is make sure all bass boost is off (use sub level control) and use a testlight to test that fuse, not your eyeballs.

[Cliche Guevara]

I drove the car again today and everything worked fine. Is there something that could cause my amp to run so hot that it shuts itself off as a failsafe?

[German Audio Specialties]

I drove the car again today and everything worked fine. Is there something that could cause my amp to run so hot that it shuts itself off as a failsafe?

Yes, improper tuning will do it if you are using one of my boxes.

Make sure ALL bass boost if set to ZERO, the box adds all the bass that amp can handle. Use the sub level control to control the boom, not the EQ.

[Cliche Guevara]

Yes, improper tuning will do it if you are using one of my boxes.

Make sure ALL bass boost if set to ZERO, the box adds all the bass that amp can handle. Use the sub level control to control the boom, not the EQ.

You mean the bass adjuster on my CD player?

[Eljosh]

Check your ground wire, make sure you sand/wirebrush all the paint off where the ground is, and use a nut and bolt not a screw. It could be moving around causing it work sometimes and not other times.
But like German Audio was saying try to run your cd player bass adjustment as low as possible, like 1 or 2.
but here's a video on tuning your amp,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ububnm-O_XQ

[Gregs///M]

Jenson car audio amps are notorious for shutting down due to overheating, seen it many times. Jenson amps will shut down at a point where other amps will not. The problem will go away and you will experience increased subwoofer output by replacing the amp with an upgrade model from a quality manufacturer. Some easily obtainable quality amps are JL audio, Rockford Fosgate, Kicker, Alpine, Eclipse, Pioneer, Zapco, Memphis just to name a few.

[German Audio Specialties]

Greg, these new Jensens are exactly the same board and components as your average chinese POS amp, IE the Memphis, lower-end Fosgate, JL, etc. I personally have installed 9 of them, they are exactly the same product, in other words, WAY better than the old blue piles of crap.

None of the ones I have installed have issues with overheating, using the same woofer as he has.

[Gregs///M]

Greg, these new Jensens are exactly the same board and components as your average chinese POS amp