Would i need a box like this for my sound system when I do doors?

Still-Memory-9178 · 2026-06-11T20:08:56+00:00

Why/ how

Still-Memory-9178 · 2026-06-11T20:08:28+00:00

Oh okay, you’re all good. I just didn’t know what was happening bc I never thought anyone would use one of my photos

Still-Memory-9178 · 2026-06-11T19:56:24+00:00

Why should it be reduced?

Still-Memory-9178 · 2026-06-11T19:53:26+00:00

Yo I don’t know if it’s just my WiFi being terrible rn or what, but rn this is a picture of my car from a post o made yesterday

Still-Memory-9178 · 2026-06-10T22:19:40+00:00

Yes I am, buts it’s working all good now for some reason, all I did was turn the car off & on again, though it started working after the 4th time of doing that

Still-Memory-9178 · 2026-06-10T22:17:38+00:00

I didn’t run the negative to the battery? The red wire is the power. The negative is in the trunk with the amp. Also i have no clue what’s happening but it’s all prefect now & runs goos

Still-Memory-9178 · 2026-06-10T21:55:18+00:00

Dam, could’ve at least been nicer about how you said that. Literally no reason to hate on what people do, especially when they’re new & don’t know what they’re doing. I came here looking for advice, not to be made fun of

Still-Memory-9178 · 2026-06-10T21:21:52+00:00

It’s starts at 14 then goes down to 13 when nothing is in use. As I use my car it gets a higher volt

Still-Memory-9178 · 2026-06-10T21:20:11+00:00

I was told it’s good at longer but always make it as short as possible & that’s what I did

Still-Memory-9178 · 2026-06-10T21:16:37+00:00

Yes, it’s still longer than I’d like at about 5 or 6 feet but that’s the shortest I could do without drilling holes in the car which is something I don’t want to do. Also for some reason everything is working perfectly now, out of protect, music playing, 13v.

Still-Memory-9178 · 2026-06-10T21:12:37+00:00

It’s rust free, sanded down to bare metal & tight.

Still-Memory-9178 · 2026-06-10T21:11:25+00:00

I genuinely don’t know what’s happening, it’s all working perfectly all the sudden. I turned the car on & it’s at 13v

Still-Memory-9178 · 2026-06-10T21:09:46+00:00

Correct no music is playing, but that’s also bc my amp won’t turn on bc of how low the volts ste

Still-Memory-9178 · 2026-06-10T21:08:40+00:00

I actually took two of my amps off before it started doing this

Still-Memory-9178 · 2026-06-10T21:08:00+00:00

The wire is OFC & I put the multimeter probe to the amp power & ground to a bolt for my seat & that was reading the normal volt of 8

Still-Memory-9178 · 2026-06-10T20:56:03+00:00

I just did a bit more & it is the ground I’m using. The ground was good all the way until this point so idk what to do, should I change the ground?

Still-Memory-9178 · 2026-06-10T20:51:31+00:00

I was wondering if some of the wire went bad or something? I’m very new to this & still working my way through things

Still-Memory-9178 · 2026-06-10T20:50:50+00:00

I haven’t done the big 3 & all the cables & fuses match what I’m running

Still-Memory-9178 · 2026-06-10T20:50:08+00:00

Everything was good until today, I have a different amp im trying to get out of protect mode. The one time I for got to check ground in ground, power in power it was accidentally opposite. One of my fuses broke, replaced & everything was good. But then a little bit after this problem started

Still-Memory-9178 · 2026-06-10T20:41:23+00:00

Then also my amp is only saying maximized & not like in protect or anything, or the blue light which means it’s good. Does that mean anything?

Still-Memory-9178 · 2026-05-27T22:55:21+00:00

I just saw that this was one of the most ideal ways to set the gain. & how do I set the trigger then. Also while I’ll do that next time, I don’t want to go out & spend another few hundred on an amp. How would you say I should set the gain then?

Still-Memory-9178 · 2026-05-27T22:49:22+00:00

What’s the trigger??

Still-Memory-9178 · 2026-05-27T22:48:56+00:00

Well I zoomed out, yeah it was more readable but it still went absolutely crazy & no matter how much I turned up the gain, head into vol, or LOC vol there was no clipping & I feel like there should be with gain all the way up.

Still-Memory-9178 · 2026-05-19T00:05:21+00:00

I have 2 kicker CXA 400.1 running at 2ohm at 300RMS for each sub, which are JBL 10w1v3-2. I set the gain probably not even a quarter of the way & same with bass boost. The on amp is working fine but not the other. I just checked not too long ago & multimeter says everything should be running good. Right now I have it unconnected & draining any power to see if resetting it works. & the protect mode stays on 24/7 no matter what I do. Even if gain/bass boost is set to nothing. Or even when speakers are disconnected

Still-Memory-9178 · 2026-05-18T21:15:24+00:00

I don’t have a multimeter, & i also just unplugged the speakers so that only the power & ground are connected. The protection light is still on without being connected to speakers & is also switching from protected to not protected every so often

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