Hillbilly SQ
BURNED OUT
I'll tell you the fix so you already know the answer before reading about the problem. Changed speaker wire on subwoofer and problem solved. Was the ONLY thing I didn't check during the troubleshooting process because it would have been a pain to bypass with how the G-Five was mounted. Was some leftover doubled up 16/4 Monoprice wire I used for the sub so roughly 14g with strand pairs doubled? Copper still looks brand new after all these years and each strand had perfect insulation and all 4 strands read 1.5 ohms of resistance. This is why it made no sense because the wire I replaced had nothing wrong with it.
Been running a Helix G-Five for 6 years. Sub started flaking so I turned it off and then tweet channels started flaking also soon after. Troubleshooted til I was blue in the face and narrowed it down to the amp itself. It has some age and been on a very poorly ventilated rack with a cover right over it and usually winter clothes (bib coveralls, big coat, etc back there even during Summer in the deep south) further choking it off. Honestly surprised it lasted this long in that environment. It's in a single cab Ram and I do what most single cab people do and pile stuff behind the seats not thinking about what it's on top of.
Even pulled the Dayton HO12d4 and nothing was wrong with it.
Installed new VERY EXPENSIVE on my paycheck Mmats Hifi 6150d and sub no workey. Go back to first paragraph for confusing fix. I'm going to get some 12g ofc to run for sub since I've been ghetto all these years and it finally bit me. Heaviest I have around here in single conductor (not cheating by doubling) is 16 I think and don't trust parts store cca. Oh well, been wanting this Mmats amp for 10-15 years now and finally got it. It has forced cooling and should be a lot happier than the Helix was where it's at. Cheap Zapco 4ch has been in a bad area for over 7 years spending most of its time bridged and still kicking. It gets old school RF amp hot too but doesn't seem to care.
Been running a Helix G-Five for 6 years. Sub started flaking so I turned it off and then tweet channels started flaking also soon after. Troubleshooted til I was blue in the face and narrowed it down to the amp itself. It has some age and been on a very poorly ventilated rack with a cover right over it and usually winter clothes (bib coveralls, big coat, etc back there even during Summer in the deep south) further choking it off. Honestly surprised it lasted this long in that environment. It's in a single cab Ram and I do what most single cab people do and pile stuff behind the seats not thinking about what it's on top of.
Even pulled the Dayton HO12d4 and nothing was wrong with it.
Installed new VERY EXPENSIVE on my paycheck Mmats Hifi 6150d and sub no workey. Go back to first paragraph for confusing fix. I'm going to get some 12g ofc to run for sub since I've been ghetto all these years and it finally bit me. Heaviest I have around here in single conductor (not cheating by doubling) is 16 I think and don't trust parts store cca. Oh well, been wanting this Mmats amp for 10-15 years now and finally got it. It has forced cooling and should be a lot happier than the Helix was where it's at. Cheap Zapco 4ch has been in a bad area for over 7 years spending most of its time bridged and still kicking. It gets old school RF amp hot too but doesn't seem to care.