[tecollins1]

What gauge is your wire and is it CCA or OFC wire?

Where do you have it grounded to? Is there paint on the ground point?

Who set the gains? On the amp and the PAC?


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[tecollins1]

Please post a high quality pic of what your dials are set to on the amp.

Also set the gains on the PAC to 1/4.

If you max out all the settings then you are most certainly sending a clipped signal to the sub. And you will burn it out soon.

Clipping is when the signal is wanting to go higher but the amp has reached its power limit. So at the top of the sound wave it's completely flat.
So your sub is staying at its peak and lowest point for far too long and heats up the voice coil badly.

Gains are not a volume knob. They are used to match your voltage.


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[tecollins1]

Also are your terminals loose on the wires?
Are they soldered to the wire?


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[tecollins1]

Sounds like you need to get a capacitor

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No he doesn't.

By the sounds of it he has a 8ga power wire and the gains set too high. But will have to wait for his reply to confirm.

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[tecollins1]

I'm guessing he has something like this.
Which is 8ga and doesn't say anything about OFC so it prob CCA. :/

Also the twisted pair RCA are not the common pairs to use. coaxial is what most amps need.

http://youtu.be/QOagVDZLQnA

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[tecollins1]

The RCAs go to the rear channels which should be the two farthest to the right IIRC

I can't tell which side of the knob the pointer is facing.
Can you tell me where they are relative to a clock.
Or tell me if the side with gap is the pointer or the solid side is the pointer.

Thanks


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[tecollins1]

But you def need to turn off the bass boost.


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[tecollins1]

The gain should be around 2
But that is just a rough estimate and I would have to actually be there to actually dial it in.
I highly recommend looking at a few YouTube vids that actually explain how to set gain correctly.


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[tecollins1]

Show me a pic of your wires when you get a chance


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[tecollins1]

When you lose power to the sub does the PAC turn off or is it the amp only


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[tecollins1]

I'm telling you brother, Ohm's Law... Its cutting out due to voltage drop, upgrade your wiring first, but if its still doing it then you need that additional power supply, and thus a capacitor.

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You don't need a cap for 600 watts.

If your going to make a recommendation make sure it's a necessary.
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