when using my amp tonight after a while it just cut out and the thermal protction lights came on what can i do to stop this

cheers neil

is your amp well vented? or are you running your amp to hard and making it get to hot! i.e. your speakers are to big for your amp to cope with? say 500w speakers and a 200w amp?

more than likly its getting hot due to having a load on the end it cant cope with ...

how you got your speakers wired up ?

what amp is it ?

what speakers are they ?

tell us more and we shall let you know..

i have a 1200w per side @ 4ohm amp spare pm me if i can help out

how much woul you be after?? id be intrested depending on price location!!

sorry to hijack thread!

1)Turn down your volume or 2)buy a better amp. Says it all really.

not neciserly!(selling!!) i had a soundlab amp and matched speakers and they went into peak easy, ive kept the amp and gone for 100watt more yamha speakers and now it sounds amazing plus it NEVER goes into peak no matter the volume!

I have 2 phonic p450's, 2peavy pro subs and a 800 w warrior da amp and i have the leads coming from the amp to the phonics and then a lead from the phonics to the subs

Is this something that's just started happening after working ok for a period of time, or have you only just started using the system?

We need to know the impedance of the speakers, the Peavey bins in particular are available in different impedances and this affects how much power they'll consume from the amp if the're not connected properly.

It's usual to connect the bass bins first in the line and then the tops off the bass bins, and crucial if the bass bins are 4 ohm and contain a 2-way crossover...or else you'll overload and overheat your amp.

Just to be pedantic (but also an important point) it makes no difference how 'big' the speakers are:
A portable CD player could be fed into a massive 50,000 watt concert speaker bank, and as long as the impedance was correct it would work just fine and be at no risk.

But as for tha amp tripping, have a look at the fan and heatsink assembly (if you are comfortable opening the case) to ensure they aren't clogged with fluff. Fluff is great at blocking draughts and insulating...

Agreed, but if one tried to use the portable CD player to get any sort of volume out of the speakers, the CD player would have to be turned up to max and that, in turn, would probably start it clipping and cause a lot of distortion.

It's better to have a big amp ticking over than a small amp run to the max.