Question about Rockford Fosgate Power 1051S Car Audio Amplifier
Hooked up amp the led comes on when the rca wire is in but no sound comes out Led fades out slowly. All fuses are good remote wire has power power wire has good power. work great in other car but can't get it to work in my new car same deck wire etc. if have any tips please help.
SOURCE: Rockford fosgate 800 a2 amp power?
Hello desperate2le,
Watts delivered is a function of the voltage times the current. If the amp was 100 percent efficient, it would need 33 amps at 12V for 400 watts. At 14.4V, it would only need 28 amps. Of course, amplifiers are NOT 100 percent efficient, only about 50-60 percent in many cases, but somewhat higher for monoblocks, maybe 80-90 percent. So you're looking at a fuse in the 60-80A range. In the absense of a specific fuse size from the manufacturer, I'd start the primary fuse at a 60A and if the amp blows it on power up/immediately/frequently, move up to an 80A.
All of the Rockford-Fosgate 2-channel bridgeables I've ever seen show using the left positive (+) and the right negative (-) for bridging. But if it's not shown right on the amp, I'd call or email RF for the correct connection. The new amps do show it.
Hope this helps.
Posted on Apr 28, 2009
SOURCE: 401s Rockford Fosgate Amp. Not powering on,just protect lite is on.
the problem is mostly with your audio side of the amp. i have a 800 Rockford punch series amp hooked in series running at about 15 vdc at 2 ohms stable for now. but the amps left front power side transistors overloaded and smoked out, i will be replaceing my mosfets soon. Now on that side your issues apear to be related to the signal side of the amp. when you hooked the amp up tell me breifly did you hook the rca inputs to the back of the sterio and did you select the proper rca inputs for the amp? also note that amps have a potentiomater that can be tuned up or down to allow the volume or wattage to go up or down threw the system. if it's turned all the way down you'll here nothing. but often you'll get a pop sound or quickly see the speaker move a bit. this indicated the signal side of the amp has signal comming in but no output, just look for a turnable small screw inside the amp top or side. and turn up acordingly. note: to much output will damadge your system. not just the amp. ;)
Posted on Aug 28, 2009
SOURCE: rockford fosgate 450.4. 1st protect mode, now blows fuses...
smell it !
Posted on Oct 13, 2009
SOURCE: Rockford Fosgate Punch 401s starts then smokes
Can somebody email me the schematic for the Rockford Fosgate 401S?
Posted on Apr 29, 2010
Check the signal from your RCA'S Your head unit may not be putting any output out of the rca jacks on the rear. Or you could have a bad set out. As long as your voltages are right on your positive terminal and remote and you have signal the only other reason your amp will not have any output is if the internals are bad.
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I had to put a heavier ground wire in and relocated it to a better spot. who would think that it would be that simple
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